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and attention, and with every power of a microfcope, we 
. «have examined the parts of fruétification; we find not twa 
but eight 77۸۸ Stamina, and how, to the {candal of every . 
branch of the fcience, fuch an opinion could be formed, 15 
difficult to determine.---We cannot too ftrongly recommend 
` to every Profeffor of Botany-an impartial examination of 
points whereon their eftimation dependeth, and this error, 
not improperly, may be laid to their charger 
Refult of our microfiopic obfervations, for general information.--- 
Each Flower hath two fets of Siamina-+-two fhort and two 
longer Stamina conftitute each ofet;---the bafe of the four 
Filameats are enclofed within a very fine membrane, by which ` 
each fet is connećted to the infide of its refpećtive cell;--- 
the Filaments, at firt fight, are fcarcely diftinguifhable, be- 
ing formed of a jointed fübflance, contra&ed in a very | 
` finall compafs, but fo exquifitely elaftic that it may be drann | 
. out-to ten times the length it at firft appeared of; and in this. 
fituation we may perceive the juft proportion of the Fila- 
ments---the Anthere are eight alfo: each are divided (by a 
fübftance refembling the Coryledans ofa Seed) into three cells, 
wherein the Farina is prepared. i Ss 
e In order to prove what is here advanced, lay, on the ob- 
Se glafs of a microfcope, one of the fuppofed Stamina; 
hold under the finger nail one of the Anthere, and with a 
blunt point laid carefully on: either of the three others, the 
Filaments may be drawn out to the length above-mentioned, 
but, on being let loofe, will fpring back to its firft form. The 
Stigma being immediately under the Stamina, no exertion of 
nature is required to extend the Filaments; it is plain, the 
male, if at a greater diftance, would reach the female ora 
gans, 
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