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the Larkspur. Such at least is the mode in 

 which Linnipus and his followers understand 

 the four last-mentioned flowers ; but we have 

 already hinted that Jussieu is of a different 

 opinion, and he even calls the decided Nec- 

 tary of Epinicdium an internal petal ! Diffi- 

 culties attend both theories. It seems para- 

 doxical to call petals those singular bodies in 

 Aconitum, f. 174, like a pair of little birds, 

 which are manifestly formed only to hold the 

 honey, and not situated nor constructed so as 

 to perform the proper functions of petals ; 

 but on the other hand Ranunvidiis^ L 100, 

 515 and 516, one of the same natural order, 

 has evident calyx and petals, which latter 

 have a honey-bearing pore in their claw, 

 evincing their identity with the less petal-like 

 Nectaries just described. Other instances 

 indeed of Nectaries in the claws of petals are 

 found in the Crown Imperial and Lily; which 

 only confirms more strongly the compendious 

 construction of the Lily tribe, the leaves of 

 their flowers in these examples being Calyx, 

 Petals and Nectaries all in one. 



The most indubitable of all Nectaries, as 

 actually secreting honev, are those of a 



