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 generation was essentially that of Linnaeus; hence he judged of the Cryptogams according to the scheme of the Phanerogams, and, not perceiving their peculiarities, he virtually characterised them by negative marks.

If we notice in the above table how the Phanerogams are separated into classes, it strikes us that the triple division into hypogynous, perigynous, and epigynous is repeated no less than four times; this shows that Jussieu had mistaken ideas of the value of these marks for classification, whereas the recurrence of them so often should of itself have suggested a doubt on this point. To judge of his system more exactly we must here give his series of the families, which he had already raised to the number of a hundred.

Class I 1. Fungi. 2. Algae. 3. Hepaticae. 4. Musci. 5. Filices. 6. Naiades.

Class II. 7. Aroideae. 8. Typhae. 9. Cyperoideae. 10. Gramineae.

Class III. 11. Palmae. 12. Asparagi. 13. Junci. 14. Lilia. 15. Bromeliae. 16. Asphodeli. 17. Narcissi. 18. Irides.

Class IV. 19. Musae. 20. Cannae. 21. Orchides. 22. Hydrocharides.

Class V. 23. Aristolochiae.

Class VI. 24. Elaeagni. 25. Thymeleae. 26. Proteae. 27. Lauri. 28. Polygoneae. 29. Atriplices.

Class VII. 30. Amaranthi. 31. Plantagines. 32. Nyctagines. 33. Plumbagines.

Class VIII. 34. Lysimachiae. 35. Pediculares. 36. Acanthi. 37. Jasmineae. 38. Vitices. 39. Labiatae. 40. Scrophulariae. 41. Solaneae. 42. Borragineae. 43. Convolvuli. 44. Polemonia. 45. Bignoniae. 46. Gentianeae. 47. Apocyneae. 48. Sapotae.

Class IX. 49. Guajacanae. 50. Rhododendra. 51. Ericae. 52. Campanulaceae.

Class X. 53. Cichoraceae. 54. Cinarocephalae. 55. Corymbiferae.

Class XI. 56. Dipsaceae. 57. Rubiaceae. 58. Caprifolia.

Class XII. 59. Araliae. 60. Umbelliferae.

Class XIII. 61. Ranunculaceae. 62. Papaveraceae.