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it worth while to dispute whether this tvhoTe 

 body be a stigma or not, with regard to 

 the question under consideration, for it is 

 borne by the styles, above the germen, and 

 itself bears the anthers. I humbly con- 

 ceive, however, with Linnaeus and Jacquin, 

 that as part of it, at least, receives the 

 pollen, stigma is full as good a name for 

 this body as Haller's term dolium, a tub ! 

 Still less is it worth while to controvert with 

 Kolreuter the propriety of the term pollen, 

 because the substance in question is not 

 actually a dry powder, any more than in 

 the Orchis tribe, or in MirahUis, Eiot. 

 Bot. t. 23. That tern; is technically used 

 for the matter which renders the seeds fer- 

 tile, mcludmg its vehicle, whether the 

 latter be capsular or glutinous, in short, 

 whatever the appearance or texture of the 

 whole mav be. Another quesUon remains, 

 more immediately to our present purpose, 

 whether these plants have 5 stamens or lOr 

 Jacquin, mIio has well illustrated several of 

 them in his Miscell. Atistr. v,\. t. 1 — 4, 

 and RottboU in a dissertation on the subject, 

 contend for the latter. Rottbbll wrote to 



