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tion of the niouopetalons, (thofe that have a fingle 

 petal) they include the fpheroïd of the lily of the 

 valley, and the trumpet of the convolvulus. 



On this fubject, a very remarkable circumftance 

 claims our notice ; namely, that, frequently, fuch 

 as is the curve formed by the border, or upper 

 extremity of the petal, fuch too is the plan of the 

 whole petal itfelf ; fo that Nature prefents to us 

 the cut or fhape of each flower in the contour of 

 it's petals, and gives us, at once, it's plan and it's 

 elevation. Thus rofes, and the whole tribe bearing 

 this denomination, have the border of their petals 

 in fections of a circle, like the curve of the flowers 

 themfelves ; the pink and blue-bottle, which have 

 their felvage notched, prefent the plans of their 

 flowers plaited up like fans, and form a multitude 

 of focufes. 



For want of the real flower, thefe curious rer. 

 marks may be verified from the drawings of Paint- 

 ers who have been the mod exact in copying 

 plants, but who are indeed very few in number. 

 Such is, among thofe few, Aubriet, who has drawn 

 the plants of Tcumeforl's voyage to the Levant *, 

 with the tafte of a Painter, and the precifion of a 

 Botanift. You may there fee the confirmation of 



* Toumeforfs Voyage to the Levant, vol. i. 



what 





