6o CECONOMY 



which organs are called anthera^ and fiigmata^ 

 and that the impregnation is accomplifhed 

 within the flower. This impregnation is per- 

 formed by means of the duft of the anthera 

 falling upon the mo\^ ftigmata^ where the duft 

 adheres, is burft, and fends forth a very fub- 

 tle matter, which is abforbed by the Jiyle^ and 

 is conveyed down to the rudiment of the feed, 

 and thus renders it fertile. When this opera- 

 tion is over, the organs of generation wither 

 and fall, nay a change in the whole flower en- 

 fues. We mufl: however obferve, that in the 

 'vegetable kingdom one, and the fame flower does 

 not always contain the organs of generation of 

 both fexes, but oftentimes the male organs are 

 on one plants and the female on another. But 

 that the bufmefs of impregnation may go on 

 fuccefsfullyj and that no plant may be de- 

 prived of the neceflary duft, the whole moft 

 elegant apparatus of the anthers and fiigmata 

 in every flower is contrived with wonderful 

 wifdom. 



For in moft flowers the fiamina furround 

 the pijiillsy and are about the fame height ; 

 but there are many plants^ in which the pi- 

 fiill is longer than the fiamina^ and in thefe 

 it is wonderfull to obferve, that the Creator 



has 



