. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book I. DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 207 974. The natives of Britain which enter into this Hortus are upwards of 1400 species ;but the native British Flora contains in all above 3300 species. Of these there are about1437 cotyledonous plants, and nearly 1893 of imperfect, or of what are termed, in theJussieuean system, acotyledoneae. 975. Of the cotyledonous or perfect plants, 182 are trees or shrubs; 855 are peren-nials ; 60 are biennials, and 340 annuals. Of the trees and shrubs, 47 are trees; 25above thirty feet high, and the remainder under thirty, bu
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book I. DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH FLORA. 207 974. The natives of Britain which enter into this Hortus are upwards of 1400 species ;but the native British Flora contains in all above 3300 species. Of these there are about1437 cotyledonous plants, and nearly 1893 of imperfect, or of what are termed, in theJussieuean system, acotyledoneae. 975. Of the cotyledonous or perfect plants, 182 are trees or shrubs; 855 are peren-nials ; 60 are biennials, and 340 annuals. Of the trees and shrubs, 47 are trees; 25above thirty feet high, and the remainder under thirty, but above 10 feet high. Of theperennials 83 are grasses; the next greatest number belong to the two first orders of theclass Pentandria ; the next to the Syngenesia; and the third to Moncecia Triandria, orthe Cyperacese of Jussieu, comprehending chiefly the genus Carex. Most of the bien-nials belong to the first order of the 19th class, and the two first orders of are 41 annual grasses ; 52 annuals belong to the tw
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