New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus
Subtitle: comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification ; a prize dissertation on the sexes of plants, a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system ; and the temple of flora, or garden of nature, being picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions
By: by Robert John Thornton ...
Contributors: Linnae, Carl von, 1707-1778
Publisher: Printed, for the publisher, by T. Bensley ...
Published: 1807
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Sex in Plants; Botany; Pictorial works
Other titles: British trophy in honour of Linnaeus.; New illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus.; Sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus.; Temple of flora.
Notes: Half titles preceding the t.p.: [1]. A British trophy in honour of Linnaeus. [2]. A new illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus. [3]. The sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus.

The plates are dated: 1799-1810.

Includes bibliographical references.

Some plates hand-colored.
Table of contents: title: Preliminary observations; title: [Part first]. The prize dissertation on the sexes of plants by Carolus von Linnaeus; written Anno Domini 1759 [translated, with copious notes, by Thornton]; title: Part second. Origin of the sexual system; title: Part third. Picturesque botanical plates, illustrative of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus.