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three objections againft his own doétrine, 
which are {tronger than all his arguments for 
it; yea, the third plainly confutes it: and 
they are thefe, as Volentim delivers them; 
**rmo, Plantae dantur apicibus copiofis, aft 
“ nullo ftylo praeditae; adeoque mares. fine 
*faeminis, ut in equifeto, lycopodio, &c. 
“¢ odo, Videtur e contrario fibi obfervafle faemi- 
« ninum fine pretenfo virili femine. 3270, Mer- 
“‘ curialis, fpinachiae, et cannabis femellas fo- 
‘« litario, abfque vicini maris contagio excul- 
“tas, plurima granula feminaque foecunda 
*¢ obtinuiffe vidit: et haec incaufa erant, cur 
“* haec omnia cum aliquali oppofiti formidine 
« proponat.” 
11. In 1703, Mr Samuel Morland laid be- 
fore the Royal Society, fome new obfervations 
on the parts and ufe of the flower in plants(z); 
here he fays, ‘* Dr Grew falls fhort, in that 
“‘he fuppofes the farina only to drop upon 
«« the outfide of the wferus, and to impregnate 
“the included feed by fome fpzrztuous ema- 
“« ations, or energetical imprefs.” So he pa- 
raphrafes prolific virtue and fubtle vivific effiu- 
via. He then propofes a more probable hy- 
pothefis, as he thinks, wz. <‘‘ that the farina 
ee. ag 
(x) Philof. Tranfa&t. No 287. 
