A botanical dictionary: or elements of systematic and philosophical botany / [Colin Milne].
- Colin Milne
- Date:
- 1805
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A botanical dictionary: or elements of systematic and philosophical botany / [Colin Milne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE XXV. The ORDERS or SECONDARY DIVISIONS of the SEXUAL SYSTEM. F*g- . t _ 1. The Order monogynia, containing hermaphrodite flowers with onep'ijiilium or female organ. 2. Digynia, hermaphrodite flowers with two piftils ;—a, the piftils detached from the flower. 3. Trigynia, hermaphrodite flowers with three piftils;—a, the piftils feparated. 4. Tetragynia, hermaphrodite flowers with four piftils ;—a, the piftils feparated. 5. Pentagynia, hermaphrodite flowers with five piftils;—a, the piftils feparated. 6. Hexagynia, hermaphrodite flowers with fix piftils;—a, the piftils feparated from the flower. 7. Heptagynia, hermaphrodite flowers with feven piftilla]—a, the piftilla detached from the flower. 8. Decagynia, hermaphrodite flowers with ten piftils;—a, the piftils feparated. 9. Dodecagynia, hermaphrodite flowers with twelve female organs. ;o. Polygynia, hermaphrodite flowers containing an indefinite number of piftilla, or female organs. * Of thefe ten orders, monogynia is the firft in the firft thirteen clafles; digynia the fecond in the fame dalles, the ninth excepted; trigynia, the third in all the clafles juft men- tioned, except the firft, fourth, and ninth, in which laft it is prefent, but holds the fecond place. Tetragynia per- tains to the fourth, fifth, fixth, eighth, and thirteenth clafles; pentagynia, to the fifth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth; hexagynia, to the ninth and thirteenth; heptagynia, to the feventh alone ; decagynia, to the tenth ; dodecagynia, to the eleventh, the Angle genus of which, however, (fempervi'vum) is generally ranked with the order polygynia, though this, from the indefinite and fu- perior number of piftils, is much more properly reftrided to the filth, fixth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth clafles. vy 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22041655_0801.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
