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ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM.
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number of the Pistils, or on some circumstance equally easy, which we shall in due time explain.
The first eleven Classes are characterized solely by the number of the Stamens, and distinguished by names, of Greek derivation, expressive of these distinctions.
1. Monandria. Stamen 1. A small Class.
2. Diandria. Stamens 2.
3. Triandria ━━━━ 3.
4. Tetrandria ━━━━ 4.
5. Pentandria ━━━━ 5. A numerous Class.
6. Hexandria ━━━━ 6.
7. Heptandria ━━━━ 7. A very small Class.
8. Octandria ━━━━ 8.
9. Enneandria ━━━━ 9. A small Class.
10. Decandria ━━━━ 10.
11. Dodecandria ━━━━ 12 to 19.
12. Icosandria ━━━━ 20 or more Stamens, inserted into the Calyx. Here we first find the situation of the Stamens
