CURVY OPTS GAM iT CURT LER, 
only of fome roots, and of a few {mall leaves,in the center of | 
which is the urn, which is not ¢ubulated? all the moffeés, 
on the contrary, bear an urn, or flower, in which any 
one may obferve a pollen, or fecundating powder, anda . 
capfula, containing {mall round bodies, which much refem- 
ble feeds: thence follows their analogy to other svegeta~ - 
bles, with refpect to their fructification. . 
The emiffion of the pollen, andthe irritability of the ci- - 
lia, may be exa@tly compared to thofe convulfive motions | 
which are common to all organized bodies,-when they 
arrive at the moment of their re~produdction, Is:it poflible, » 
then, after what I have demonftrated, to follow other opi- 
nions, which cannot apply alike to every individual? From 
thence, I am authorifed to conclude, that the opinion - 
which refults from my obfervations is preferable to all 
the former fyftems, not excepting that of Mr. Hedwig, . 
which is two inconfiftent to be admitted... 
> 
De BEAUVOIS, . 
Member of the Society of Sciences and Arts * 
of St. Domingo, and Correfpondent Mem-=.- 
ber of the Academy of Sciences of Paris... 
N°. XXVIL. 
