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96. Tne orders are named by prefixing Greek numerals to the 
word GyNiA, signifying pistil. 
ORDERS. 
Names. No. of pistils. 
of. ( 1. Mono-eynta, 1. 
2. Di-Gynia, 2. 
3. TRI-GYNIA, 3. 
Orders A, Terra-cynia, 4, 
found in | 5. Penra-eynia, 5. 
the first } 6. Hexa-G@ynia, 6. this order seldom found. 
twelve 7. Hepra-cynia, 7. this still more unusual. 
zlasses | 8. OcTo-GyniA, 8. very rare. 
9. ENNEA-GYNIA, 9. very rare. 
10. Deca-Gynta, 10. 
13. PoLy-eynta, over ten pistils. 
The classes vary as to the number of orders which they con- 
tain. 
98. The orders of the 13th class, Didynamia, are but two. 
1. GYMNosPERMIA. From cymwNo, signifymg naked, and 
seeds usually four, SPERMIA, signifying seed, implying 
lying in the valyx. that the seeds are not enclosed. 
2. ANGIOSPERMIA. From Angaeion, signifying bag or sack, 
seeds numerous in a added to sperma, implying that the 
capsule. seeds are enclosed. 
99. The orders of the 14th class, Tetradynamia, are two, 
both distinguished by the form of the fruit. 
1, StuicuLosa. Fruit, a silicula, or roundish pod. 
2. Sirtauosa. Fruit, a siliqua, or long pod. 
100. The orders of the 15th and 16th classes, are founded on 
the number of stamens, that 1s, on the characters of the first 
twelve classes, and they have the same names; as Monan- 
dria, &c. 
101. The 17th class, Syngenesia, has its five orders distin- 
guished by different circumstances of the florets, as: 
1. Kquauis. Stamens and pistils equal, or in proportion; 
that is, each floret has a stamen, a pistil, and one seed. 
Such florets are called perfect. 
96. How are these orders named ? 
97. Repeat the names of the orders. 
98. What are the orders of the 13th class 2 
99. What are the orders of the 14th class 2 
ee In what classes are the orders founded upon the number of sta- 
mens? 
101. What He the orders of the seventeenth class ? 
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