A grammar of botany : containing an explanation of the system of Linnaeus, and the terms of botany, with botanical exercises, for the use of schools and students : illustrated by forty-five engravings : multum in parvo / by Robert John Thornton, M.D.

  • Thornton, Robert John, 1768?-1837.
Date:
1818
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    derpod. Ex. Cheiranthus,(a,a//-i/?oK.er.) Bras- sica, (cabbage.) Sinapis, (mustard ) EF 875. Class XVI. Monadclphia, (filaments united at bottom into one body,) contains five Or- ders. 876. Order 1. Pentandria, having five stami- na. Ex. Hermannia, F.—Wakheria, F.—Melo- chia, F. 877. Order 2. Decandrift, having ten stamina. Ex. Geranium, (crane's-bill.) 878. Order 3. Endecandria, having eleven stamina. Ex Brownea, F. 879. Order 4. Dodecandria, having twelve stamina. Ex. Pentapetes, F. 880. Order 5. Polyandria, having many sta- mina. Ex. Malva, (mallow.) ET 881. Class XVII. Diadelphia, (ditto united at bottom into two bodies,) contains four Orders. 882. Order 1. Pentandria, having five stamina. Ex. Monnieria, F. 883. Order 2. Hexandria, having six stamina- Ex. Fumaria, (fumitory.) 884. Order 3. Octandria, having eight stami- na. Ex. Polygala, (milk-wort.) 885. Order 4. Decandria, having ten stamina. Ex. Pisum, (pea.) Ulex, (furze.) Trifolium, (trefoil.) BT 886. Class XVIII. Polyadelphia, {ditto, united at bottom into three or more bodies,) con- tains four Orders. 887. Order 1. Pentandria, having five stamina. Ex. Theobroma, F.