The practice of medicine, according to the plan most approved by the Reformed or Botanic Colleges of the U. S : embracing a treatise on materia medica and pharmacy ; illustrated with numerous engravings ; designed principally for families / by J. Kost.

Kost, J., 1819-1904

Date:: 1847

Credit: The practice of medicine, according to the plan most approved by the Reformed or Botanic Colleges of the U. S : embracing a treatise on materia medica and pharmacy ; illustrated with numerous engravings ; designed principally for families / by J. Kost. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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$~ (Ord. 1, Monogynia^ ]Ord.2to5,Z)i-jPCTi- I <S tagynia, O o l^Ord. 12, Polygynia. J 'This class is distinguished by its having its stamens inserted into the calyx. The second, third, fourth and fifth orders of this class are united into one, called Di-Pen- tagynia. The apple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, almond, sloe, and many other very valuable fruits belong to this class. It is suppo- sed that the fruits of those plants having their stamens inserted in- ^to the calyx, are never poisonous. POLYANDRIA (from lpoZiw' many, and ianer'> stamen, ?. e., many stamens. This class contains three orders which are distinguished by the respective numbers of pistils in the flowers of their genera. ^Polyandria has its distinction by having its stamens, which are from twenty, to sometimes several hundred, inserted into the recepta- cle, or the top of the flower stem. Like th3 class before this, it has th? second, third, fourth and fifth orders united into one, called Di- Pentagynia. Among the most im- portant plants in this class, are the mayappie, white pond lilly, ^Chinese tea, &c. (Ord. 1, MonnrryniaA J Ord. 2 to 5, Di-Poi- I Uigynin^ | Ord. 12, Pologynia.J DIDYNAMIA (Jrom *disy twice, 'dys1 two, and 4nema' a filament, i.em,Jour stainens.) This class has two orders, distinguished,—the first by its na- ked seed, and the second by having its seed enclosed in a per- icarp. rThis class is distinguished by the different lengths and number of its stamens; their number is four, two of which are shorter than the others; they stand in pairs; the in- * \ r\ j A i • >-( ner pair is shorter, and converging. 2 j Ord. 2, Angiosper- f j J n . i i *u < : * o r in the first order, we have the mar- g fOrd. 1, Gymnosper-^ mifi I mia. j jorum, mints, hyssop, balm, hore- hound, catmint, &c; the second embraces the trumpet-flower, the ^foxglove and others.$