OTNANDRTA. 407 



Haller, that " finding Linnaeus deaf to all 

 that had been said, he sent him his treatise, 

 to see whether he would persist in falsify- 

 ing nature/' Thus sordid underlings fo- 

 ment the animosities and flatter the failino^s 

 of their superiors ! Linnajus judiciously 

 suspended his opinion, and, after ail, proves 

 to be most correct. The analos^ies of the 

 Orcliidece and Scitaminece very clearly de- 

 cide that the 2 cells, or the double masses 

 of naked pollen, can only be considered 

 as one anther of 2 lobes. Even Periploca 

 grceca, though not gynandrous, confirms 

 this. Each lobe of its anthers stands, as 

 in many Scitamhiea:, on the outermost 

 edge of the filament ; thus meeting that on 

 the adjoining filament, and in appearance 

 constituting with it a 2-lobed anther, as 

 the lobe of the Scitaminece, where there is 

 but one filament, meets its corresponding 

 lobe by embracing the style. 



6. Hexandria. Aristohcliia, Efigl. Bot, 

 t. 398, a curious genus, of which there are 

 many exotic species, is the only example 

 e H 2 



