Inconveniences of the Linnï¾µan system

1024. The principal inconveniences of the Linnï¾µan 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.