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Clafs XX, GVNANDRIAJ Stamina on the 
Pijlillum. Orders diftinguifhed by the num- 
ber of Stamina. 
Clafs XXI. MONOECIA; Stamina and Pif- 
tllla in feparate flowers on the fame plant. 
Orders, from the fituation or number of the 
Sfamma;orfi'om theunitingof t\\z\r Anther &. 
Clafs XXII. DIOECIAJ Stamina and Pif- 
tilla on feparate plants. Orders the fame as 
in Clafs 21. 
Clafs XXIII. POL YG AMI A ; Stamina with- 
out Pijlilla y or vice verfa, or both together. 
Orders depend on the fituation of the Sta- 
mina and fiflllla. 
Clafs XXIV. CRYPTOGAMIA; Parts of 
fructification not diftinguifhable. Orders, 
from habit or apparent refemblance. 
You, who are a Greek fcholar, will find 
no difficulty in difcovering the etymology of 
the titles of thefe feveral clafTes : You will 
then eafily fix them in your memory. But 
I (hall explain them farther in the exami- 
nation of particular plants. This method 
of reading the great book @ Nature, and of 
inveftigating her productions in the order 
and fucceilipn in which (he prefents them 
to our view, I conceive to be far preferable 
to the dry method of learning Botany by 
means 
