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THE STUDY OF BOTANY. 5 
with. The fine dust, or Pollen, contained in the Anthers,. is 
thrown upon the Summit of the Pistil. This Summit is moist, 
and the moisture acting upon the particles. of the Pollen, occa- 
sions them to explode, ‘and’ discharge. avery subtile vapour. ' 
This vapour pafsing through the ominute tubes 6f ‘the Pistil, 
arrives at the Embryo Seeds: inthe: Germen, and fertilizes 
them. The seeds of many plants have been observed to be- 
come; to all appearance perfect,-without this. communication : 
but these seeds are incapable of vegetation. In pl, 3, fig. 5, 
at f. one of the Anthers is represented discharging its Pollen 
and at fig. 8. you see a particle of this Pollen greatly magnified 
and throwing out its vapour: |The Calyx and the Petals seem 
primarily designed as Covers, to protect the. more efsential 
Creator, _ 
tage of the differe ber, figure, size, and’ situation of these 
parts, and afsumes them as the foundation of a systematic 
arrangement. He divides all ‘the vegetable productions upon 
the surface of the globe’into Clafses, Onders,:Genera, Species, 
and Varieties. The Clafses:\ are composed-of Orders > the 
Orders are compofed of Genera; the Genera of Species); and 
the Species admit of Varieties, hg 
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aoe Clafsification explained. 98 9) m4 
sa Pay pad We a PET: e ; 
FES 25 ie Eee eek S-noags pahardt gear tu <ee +8 
, We are accustomed to consider productions of Nature 
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et " oy 
oe forming shove, Bede Dettns cal eT ut 3 ptheVe oa 
table, and the Fofsil or Mineral Kin GDoM.. | ae ra 
Therefore, taking the matter up in this familiar language, let 
us'vendeavour to attain an, idea, of Clalees, Orders,, &c. by 
‘continuing the allusion... Let us compare towysdenes oily abe 
j é “Ea yEer A tt Peyaete 
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aan Orprrs Mee? ade 3 5 -» «tothe Huxpreps;, tals od T 
‘vi.. GENERA Pw ee . to the, PaRIsHEs ; ‘ cae 
eis Spores 22 dieew as oo itothe VILLAGES 565 jac, 
