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bove it; what can reafonably be inferred 
from this ftru€ture, but that Nature defigned 
this duft fhould be thrown away as ufelefs, 
if not hurtful to the /tylus? 
Aca, the /tylus of the campanula is com- 
monly much longer than the /famina, and 
~ briftly a little above them, at it were to hin- 
der their accefs tothe /igma. The flamina 
of the zrzs are hid under the outfide of the 
fegments of the /figma, the deprefled petala 
being frequently bearded or hairy under 
them. So no plants could be here more 
improperly alledged; for by the f{tructure of 
their flowers, it is evident, that the pollznis il- 
lapfus fupra fligmata nuda is impoffible: nor 
can Mr Wablbom deny it ; “ campanula, ({ays 
‘* he) a caeteris in eo differt, quod pulvis la- 
“teri hifpidi ftyli adfigatur, et exinde per 
** certos canales f{tigmati communicetur. I[- 
“* ris particularem nobis oftendit ftructuram; 
* ftigmata enim fefe dilatantia, antheras om- 
*‘ nino operiunt; illum tamen ad petala re- 
**ferunt fitum, ut, aura fubeunte ftigmata, 
** pollen per rimas illorum afcendat.” | What 
eye ever faw thefe canales, or rimae, with 
the pollen rifing in them? how, or why rife 
to the /ligma thus fituated ? 
As 
