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Stamens inserted on the
calyx or flower-cup; as is well seen in the last Figure of No. xii. in the
annexed Plate.
XIII. MANY MALES, Polyandria. From 20 to 100 Stamens, which do
not adhere to the calyx; as is well seen in the first Figure of No. xiii. in
the annexed Plate.

In the next two Classes, not only the number of stamens are to be
observed, but the reciprocal proportions in respect to height.
XIV. TWO POWERS, Didynamia. Four Stamens, of which two are
lower than the other two; as is seen in the two first Figures of No. xiv.
XV. FOUR POWERS, Tetradynamia. Six Stamens; of which four are
taller, and the two lower ones opposite to each other; as is seen in the
third Figure of the upper row in No. 15.
The five subsequent Classes are distinguished not by the number of the
males, or stamens, but by their union or adhesion, either by their
anthers, or filaments, or to the female or pistil.
XVI. ONE BROTHERHOOD, Monadelphia. Many Stamens united by
their filaments into one company; as in the second Figure below of No.
xvi.
XVII. TWO BROTHERHOODS, Diadelphia. Many Stamens united by
their filaments into two Companies; as in the uppermost Fig. No. xvii.
XVIII. MANY BROTHERHOODS, Polyadelphia. Many Stamens
united by their filaments into three or more companies, as in No. xviii.
XIX. CONFEDERATE MALES, Syngenesia. Many Stamens united by
their anthers; as in first and second Figures, No. xix.
XX. FEMININE MALES, Gynandria. Many Stamens attached to the
pistil.
The next three Classes consist of plants, whose flowers contain but one
of the sexes; or if some of them contain both sexes, there are other
flowers accompanying them of but one sex.
XXI. ONE HOUSE, Monoecia. Male flowers and female flowers
separate, but on the same plant.
XXII. TWO HOUSES, Dioecia. Male flowers and female flowers
separate, on different plants.

XXIII. POLYGAMY, Polygamia. Male and female flowers on one or
more plants, which have at the same time flowers of both sexes.
The last Class contains the plants whose flowers are not discernible.
XXIV. CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE, Cryptogamia.
The Orders of the first thirteen Classes are founded on the number of
Females, or Pistils, and distinguished by the names, ONE FEMALE,
Monogynia_. TWO FEMALES, _Digynia_. THREE FEMALES,
_Trigynia, &c. as is seen in No. i. which represents a plant of one male,
one female; and in the first Figure of No. xi. which represents a flower
with twelve males, and three females; (for, where the pistils have no
apparent styles, the summits, or stigmas, are to be numbered) and in the
first Figure of No. xii. which represents a flower with twenty males and
many females; and in the last Figure of the same No. which has twenty
males and one female; and in No. xiii. which represents a flower with
many males and many females.
The Class of TWO POWERS, is divided into two natural Orders; into
such as have their seeds naked at the bottom of the calyx, or flower cup;
and such as have their seeds covered; as is seen in No. xiv. Fig. 3. and
5.
The Class of FOUR POWERS, is divided also into two Orders; in one
of these the seeds are inclosed in a silicule, as in Shepherd's purse. No.
xiv. Fig. 5. In the other they are inclosed in a silique, as in Wall-flower.
Fig. 4.
In all the other Classes, excepting the Classes Confederate Males, and
Clandestine Marriage, as the character of each Class is distinguished by
the situations of the males; the character of the Orders is marked by the
numbers of them. In the Class ONE BROTHERHOOD, No. xvi. Fig. 3.
the Order of ten males is represented. And in the Class TWO
BROTHERHOODS, No. xvii. Fig. 2. the Order ten males is
represented.
In the Class CONFEDERATE MALES, the Orders are chiefly

distinguished by the fertility or barrenness of the florets of the disk, or
ray of the compound flower.
And in the Class of CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE, the four Orders are
termed FERNS, MOSSES, FLAGS, and FUNGUSSES.
The Orders are again divided into Genera, or Families, which are all
natural associations, and are described from the general resemblances
of the parts of fructification, in respect to their number, form, situation,
and reciprocal proportion. These are the Calyx, or Flower-cup, as seen
in No. iv. Fig. 1. No. x. Fig. 1. and 3. No. xiv. Fig. 1. 2. 3. 4. Second,
the Corol, or Blossom, as seen in No. i. ii. &c. Third, the Males, or
Stamens; as in No. iv. Fig. 1. and No. viii. Fig. 1. Fourth, the Females,
or Pistils; as in No. i. No. xii. Fig. 1. No. xiv. Fig. 3. No. xv. Fig. 3.
Fifth, the Pericarp or Fruit-vessel;