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 * Sectio vi. Corymbiferae: (Compositae in part)
 * floribus aureis; Artemisia, Tanacetum.
 * "rubris; Adonis annua L.
 * "albis; Bellis, Anthemis, Achillea, &c.
 * "ianthinis; Xeranthemum, Scabiosa, Globularia.
 * Sectio vii. Flosculis Stellatis: (the rest of the Compositae)
 * lactescentes non papposae; Cichorium.
 * "papposae; Lactuca, Sonchus, Hieracium.
 * papposae non lactescentes; Senecio, Aster, Doronicum, &c.
 * "capitatae; Cynareae.
 * Sectio viii. Culmiferae sen Calamiferae: Gramineae, Cyperaceae, Typhaceae.
 * Sectio ix. Umbelliferae.
 * Hisce adnectuntur Plantae Stellatae; Rubiaceae.
 * Sectio x. Tricoccae Purgatrices: Euphorbiaceae.
 * Sectio xi. Monopetalae Tetracarpae Galeatae et Verticillatae: Labiatae.
 * Hisce adjiciuntur Galeatae non verticillatae; Verbena, Euphrasia.
 * Et Verticillatae non Galeatae; Urtica.
 * Sequuntur Monopetalae tetracarpae asperifoliae; Boraginaceae.
 * Sectio xii. Multisiliquae Polyspermae et Multicapsulares:
 * multisiliquae; folliculate Ranunculaceae, Sedum, &c.
 * multicapsulares; Papaver, Nymphaea, Orchidaceae, Aristolochia, Orobanche, Pyrola, &c.
 * Sectio xiii. Bacciferae: some Solanaceae, Sambucus, Cornus, Ruscus, Arum, &c.
 * Sectio xiv. Capillares Epiphyllospermae: Filices and Ophioglossaceae.
 * Sectio xv. Heteroclitae seu Anomalae: consists of
 * (a) Certain Phanerogams : e.g. Piper, Acanthus, Apocynum, Cuscuta, Reseda, Sagittaria, Alisma, Lemna, Drosera.
 * (b) Pteridophyta other than Ferns: Equisetum, Pilularia, Lycopodium.
 * (c) Bryophyta, Algae, Fungi.

This then is the Morisonian method,—or at least the nearest available approximation to it—in its entirety. The effect of its application to the Vegetable Kingdom can hardly be accepted as a sufficient justification of the superlatives with which its author had introduced it. Of course it is not reasonable to judge this method, or any other method of the past, by the standard of botanical knowledge as at present existing: it can only be fairly judged from the standpoint of its author. What has to be considered is (1) the soundness of the principles adopted,