ET D'mSTOlRE NATURELLE. Il3 



autre cho.«equeIes analogues des deux sexes. Nous allons refrouver 

 ces meines orgaiies daus las Ijcopodes et d'une mauieie encore 

 plus prononce'e. 



(d) M. Wildenow expose ce nouveau syslerae dans les terruFS 

 suivans : in IjcopoiUis , oiiorumjlores adhuc ignoti, viilgb fee- 

 mine a , pro pulp ere anthcrariim; et prupagines in axi'lis pro- 

 pullulanfes , pro seminibiis habentur. Tumen lycopodii clavafi 

 puluis seminalis , niimerosis indipidiiis satinne dedit , ut ipse 

 experlus sum. Puhis itaque capsularum lycopodii est verum 

 semen , nee antherarum puUen ; et semina , sic dicta , in axil lis ■ 

 glohulorumforma sita, sunt propagines , ut bulbi in alliorum 

 umbeUls. Sp. pL vol. V. 



{e') The raising of any species of lycopodiuni from its farina 

 has not to my Knoledge been described as practical)le. M. Lind- 

 say therefore has not all the merit of our original observer. It 

 is not to detract from his due praise , but to do justice to unos- 

 tentatious ingenuity , that y now mention Joseph Fox a Jouvney- 

 Man weaver of ]Norv\'ich, as having made similar experiments, 

 upon Lycopodium selago , with the like success. He shewed 

 me, in the year 1779 JO'^^S plants t)f this species raised from 

 seed in his own garden. This humble observer, whose uame has 

 not appeared in any Book, is the original discoverer ol many 

 rare plants, in the conuty of Norfolk, and it is will) pleasure 

 y commemorate his former assistauce to myself. Linn. Soc. Trans., 

 vol. II, pag. 814 and SrS. 



(y) Dr Smith's inquiry into the structure of seed. Trans, of 

 Linn. Soc,, vol. IX, pag. 2i5. — From M. Lindsay's account 

 of the germination o\ ferns , in our 2^ vol. , this family must 

 be deemied monocolyledoneous. Their germination seems at first 

 analogous to that of/7205.f£?5, asgiven by Heduigm his iheoria. 



(g) Si je voulois entreprendre de citer les passages de tous 

 les auteurs qui out ecrit sur le pollen et sur les grjiues, pour 

 en faire I'applicalion a la poussiere et aux graines des lycopodes , 

 j'exce'derois de beaucoup les bornes d'un simple Memoire , qui 

 ne deviendra deja que trop e'teudu par les details dans lesquels 

 je me suis vu oblige d'enlrer. Je me bornerai done aux priu- 

 cipaux, et surtout a citer les auleurs doct les ouvrages trailent 

 la matiere gene'rale en grand, et sont un abrege ou plutot le re'- 

 sume de I'opinion de tous les bolanistes. 



ISeedham a prouve depuis long-temps, que tout pollen est de 

 nature inflammable. 



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