INTRODUCTION. 
V 
ly, if every botanical term had been expreffed by a 
circumlocution, as often as any fuch occurs, the book 
mud unavoidably have been fweiled beyond a pocket 
fize. 
Linn^us has divided the whole tribe of plants into 
twenty tour Clajfes^ founded upon their fruElijication^ 
thefe clafies are divided into Ordurs^ thefe orders into 
Genera^ thefe genera into Species^ and thefe fpecies are 
fubdivided fometimes into Varieties^ to which, in this 
tranflation, are added notes and obfervations, taken part 
from Ray’s Synopfis^ Flora Anglica^ and from 
the tranflator’s own remarks. 
Grajfes^ Frees ^ Fungi ^ Alg£^ Mojfes^ and Exotics of 
every kind, are defignedly for many reafons, omitted 
in this tranflation. 
That the young ftudent may enter upon this moft 
agreeable ftudy, with every advantage, he will here find 
a full explanation of the meaning of each clafs and order^ fo 
that with a litt.e help and a good inclination to furmount 
every difficulty, for I pretend not to fay but difficul- 
ties will arife, there can be no doubt but in a ffiort 
time he will become a complete botanift. However, 
in order to introduce him intc; the method of claffing 
plants according to the linn^ean Syftem^ the following 
plants are reduced to their ckjjes^ orders^ and genera. 
VERONICA. 
