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nate with the stamens, which are equal to 

 them in number/' By this rule the tube and 

 six segments of a Narcissus, L 17, 275 and 

 27 6 y constitute the Calyx, and then surely 

 what Jussieu calls a Crown, and Linnaeus a 

 Nectary, must be allowed the name of Co- 

 rolla. On the other hand, the Spat ha be- 

 comes a Bractea. Consequently the whole 

 order of Liliaceous flowers in general have a 

 coloured Calyx only, which seems hardly 

 admissible ; and yet I cannot conceal a re- 

 cent discovery which strongly confirms the 

 opinion of my acute and candid friend. Two 

 species of a new genus, found by Mr. Menzies 

 on the West coast of North America, have 

 beautiful liliaceous flowers like z\nAgapa?}thi(s> 

 with six internal petals besides ! I must how- 

 ever protest against the idea of the Corolla 

 originating exclusively from the inner bark, 

 as well as of the cuticle not beins; continued 

 over it, for reasons sufficiently apparent frcm 

 the former part of this work. 



It is a Linngean rule that the Stamens 

 should be opposite to the segments of the 

 Calyx, and alternate with the parts of the 

 Corolla, Its author nevertheless seems of 



