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said to be stipitate ; if it is situated below the insertion 

 of the calyx, as in the Rose and Apple it is said to be 

 inferior ; if it is situated above the insertion of the calyx 

 and enclosed within it, it is said to be superior, as in the 

 Primrose ; and if it is situated partly above and partly 

 below the insertion of the calyx, it is said to be semi- 

 superior, as in Saxifraga nivalis. In the genus Adoxa 

 it is inferior with regard to the corolla, and half inferior 

 with regard to the calyx. 



The figure of the germen is roundish, as in the 

 Cherry ; or egg-shaped as in the Pink ; or oblong, as 

 in the Goat's-beard ; or prism-shaped, as in Wall-flow- 

 er ; or turbinated, as in Fescue-grass ; or compressed 

 as in the Vetch. In its structure it is simple, as in the 

 Apple and Pear : or double, as in Galium ; or divided 

 into four, as in Labiate flowers. It consists also of one 

 cell, as in the Hazel ; or of two, as in Wall flowers : 

 or of several, as in the Spurge and Beech. The sur- 

 face is generally smooth or slightly pubescent ; but 

 sometimes it is set with rough hairs, and sometimes 

 with glands.'** 



The Style, which is a prolongation of the germen, 

 generally arises from its summit, as in the Lily ; and 

 sometimes from its side, as in the Rose. It is either 

 simple, as in the Tulip ; or mxdtiplicate , as in the 

 Grasses ; in which two styles usually arise from a sin- 

 gle germen. In the Cherry it is deciduous, falling 

 with the p- tals, but in the Geranium it remains attach- 

 ed to the fruit, and is said to be persistent. 



At the summit of the style we find the Stigma ; 

 which is plumose, in the Grasses, Fig. 82 ; petaloid, 

 in the Iris ; peltate, in Water Lilies ; and radiate, as 



* Keith. 



