28 BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. [| Ch. IV. 
Stamens and Pistils invisible, 
Natural. 2 CRYPTO-GAMIA. or too small ta be seen by the 
naked eye. i 
Fig. 11. 
Lichens. Mushrooms, Ferns. Mosses. 
92. All plants are either Phenogamous, with stamens and 
pistils visible, or Cryptogamous, with stamens and pistils in- 
visible ; the first twenty classes are of the former, the twenty- 
first class of the latter kind. 
93. You have now been taught the classes into which plants 
are divided—It is important that these should be well under- 
stood, and that as early as possible, you collect some plants of 
each class. 
CHAPTER V. 
Orders of Linneus—Synopsis of Classes and Orders. 
- 94. Tux classes are divided into Orders. Each class usu- 
ally contains several orders; you will best learn to distinguish 
them by practice in analyzing plants, though it is proper you 
should learn their names, and the circumstances on which they 
are founded. 
ORDERS OF PLANTS. | 
95. The orders of the first twelve classes are founded upon 
the number of Pistits. 
92. What general name is given to the first twenty classes, and what 
are the plants of the twenty-first class called ? 
93. What have you now been taught ? 
94. How can you best learn to distinguish the different orders in © 
each class 2 
95. On what are the orders of the first twelve classes founded ? 
