Inconveniences of the Linnﾵan system

1024. The principal inconveniences of the Linnﾵan system are, that it classes plants together which have no other point of resemblance than the number of their stamens and pistils; and that it teaches nothing of the construction or functions of the plants. It is also uncertain; as the number of stamens frequently varies in plants of the same kind, and the student has no other guide to set him right, if this test fails.