The vegetable kingdom, or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants : illustrated upon the natural system / by John Lindley ; with upwards of five hundred illustrations.

  • Lindley, John, 1799-1865.
Date:
MDCCCXLVIII [1847]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The vegetable kingdom, or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants : illustrated upon the natural system / by John Lindley ; with upwards of five hundred illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    daceac, Ilaloragaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae, Typhaceae, Araceae, and Cucui'bitaceae. The principles kept in view in effecting those changes have been also observed throughout the present work, so that standard English names for Classes and Orders are now no longer wanting. The Author confidently believes that every intel- ligent reader will admit that such names as Urn-mosses, Taccads, False Hemps, Pepperworts, Bristleworts, Chenopods, Hydrocha- rads, Scale-mosses, Birthworts, and Fringe-Myrtles are preferable to Brv-a-ce-ae, Tac-ca-ce-ae, Da-tis-ca-ce-ae, El-a-ti-na-ce-ae, Che-no- po-di-a-ce-ae, Des-vaux-i-a-ce-ae, Hy-dro-clia-ri-da-ce-ae, Jun-ger- man-ni-a-ce-ae, A-ris-to-lo-clii-a-ce-ae, Cha-mae-lau-ci-a-ce-ae, and other sesquipedalian expressions. University College, London. October, 1845.