Class VI. Dicotyledones, without petals, stamens inserted into the calyx.
The orders are six, 24. Elxagni, as Hip pophae, Elxagnus, Thesium, &c. ; 25. Thyme/ex, which comprises Daphne, Pas serina, and their allies ; 26. Protex, con sisting of the great Cape family Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, &c. ; 27. Lauri, as Laurus, and some other genera, sup posed to be allied to it ; 28. composed of Polvgonum, Rumex, Rhe um, &c.; 29. ./111 iptices, Chenopodium, Atriplex, and others.
Class VII. Dicotyledons, without petals, stamens inferior to the germen.
The orders are four, 30. Amaranthi, Amaranthus, Celosia, Gomphrena, Her niaria, &c ; 31. Plantuy-ines, Psilium, Plantago, and Littorella ; 32. ..nctagones, Mirabilis, Boerhaavia, &c. ; 33. Ptiailba sines, Plumbago, and Statice.
Class VIII. Dicoty/edones, of one petal, which is inserted under the germen.
The orders are fifteen, 34. Lysimachi.e, Anagallis, Primula, &c. with some doubt ful ones ; 35. Pediculares, Veronica, Eu pbrasia, Pedicularis, &c. ; 36. Acanthi, Acanthus, Ruellia, Justicia ; 37. fasminece, Syringa, Fraxinus, Olea, Jasminum ; 38. Vi4ces, a numerous order, Clerodendrum, Volkameria, Vitex, Verbena, &c. ; 39. LiGiatec, a large order, containing the Di. dynamia Gymnospermia of Linnxus, with some few from his Diandria, as Salvia, &c. ; 40. Scrophrdariy, consists chiefly of the Didynamia Angiospermia of Linnaeus ; 41. So/a/ie.; Verbascum, •Hyoscyamits, Atropa, Solarium, with some other plants of the Linnan 5th class, and a few of the Didynamia, compose this order ; 42. J3or ragineee, contains the Asperifolin, as Bo rago, Anchuso, Echium, &c. with Cordia, Varronia, Hydrophyllum, and some others ; 43. Como/rail, Convolvtilus, Ipo. mxa, Evolvulus, and some doubtful go.
era; 44, Polen2onia, Phlox, Polemonium, &c. with Ipomopsis of Michaux and Smith ; 45. Bignonice , Chelone, Bignonia, Martynia, and a few others; 46. Gentian: e, consists of some remarkably bitter plants, Gentiana, Swertia, Chlora, Lisianthus, Chironia; 47. „dpocinx, the Contort of Linnxus, some of which belong to his Pentandria, as V Inca, Nerium, Apocy num, &c. and others have been referred by Dr. Smith to Gynandria, as Pergularia, Cynanchum, and Asclepias; 48. Sumter,
Achras, Chrysophillum, Jacquinia, and others.
Class IX. Dicotyledones, of one petal, inserted into the calyx.
Orders four, 49, Guaiacance, consisting of Diospyros, Styrax, Halesia, Svmplocos, &c. ; 50. Rhododendra, as Kalmia, Rho dodendrum, Azalea; also Rhodora, Le dum, Bejaria, and 'tea, which four last but ill accord with the character of the class, being really polypetalous ; 51. _Erica., as the vast genus Erica, also An dromeda, Arbutus, Pyrola, Clethra, Vac cinium, and others, several of which are likewise polyp etalous: 52. Campanidacece, some of these- have distinct anthers, as Campanula, Trachelium, Roella, Sccevola, Phyteuma; others have the same parts cohering, as Lobelia and Jasione. To this order belong Dr. Smith's Goodenia and Stylidium; see his introduction to Bo tany, 464.
Class X. Dicot,yledones, of one petal, crowning the germen. Anthers united in to a tube. Flowers compound. Orders three.
This class comprises the Syngenesia of Linnxus, except his last order Monogy nia, which, as we have already mention ed, is now laid aside. 53. Cicboracere, consists of such of Linnxus's order of Polygamia IEqualis as have ligulate flo rets, as Sonchus, Ilieracium, Leontodon, Tragopogon, Catananche, &c. ; 54. Ci narocephal,e, the Thistle tribe, Carthamus, Carlina, Cinara, Carduus, Centaurea, of which last Jussieu makes several genera; 55. Corymbife7w, is a large order, contain ing the rest of the Linnxan Syngenesia, most of which are radiated flowers, ex cept the first section. Examples of this order are, Eupatorium, Gnaphalium, Co nyza, Senecio, Calendula, Chrysanthe mum, Artemisia, Anthenis, Bidens, He lianthus, Arctotis, besides some very anomalous ones with separated flowers, whose anthers are scarcely connected,as Ambrosia, Xanthium, &c.
Class XI. Dicotyledons, of one petal, crowning the germen. Anthers distinct. Orders three, 56. Dipsacex, the flowers of which are generally aggregate, as Dip sacus, and Scabiosa; Valerianahas simple flowers; 57. Rubiacee, a vast order, is exemplified by Galium, Rubin, Hedyotis, Cinchona, Gardenia, Ixora, Coffea ; 58. Caprifotia, as Linnxa, Lonicera, Sambu cus, Cornus, IIedera.