240 ESSAYS anp OBSERVATIONS 
‘¢ in quibufdam vero non, ubi fingularis ob- 
“< fervatur proceflus foecundationis (a).” But 
plerumque dictitat nihil, efpecially fince there 
are a great many genera, where no {uch pro- 
portion or fingular procefs takes place, as in 
almoft all the flofculofi, femiflofculofi, radiati, 
lihacei, caryophyllei, ©&c. and of the fix 
plants inftanced as fingular, in three, wz. 
dianthus, nigella, and paffiflora; the piftilla, any 
curvature notwithftanding, continue high 
above thefe /lamina (b.) 
THIs argument is thus explained by Lin- 
meus. ‘* Proportio: ftigmata fefe flefere ad 
*‘ antheras, dein exferi ex diantho, paffifiora, 
*¢ nigella, patet. Piftillum ubi breviffimum, 
“< connivent antherae fupra ftigmata: /ax7- 
« fraga, parnafia. Connivent dum efflant pol- 
‘¢ linem antherae in celofia. Comprimit corolla 
« digitis antheras ad f{tigmata in Teucrio (c).” 
Here not a word of proportion confirming 
his fcheme; no inftance of it; but only rea- 
fons for inequality. No matter, therefore, 
whether it be fo in thefe or not. 
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(2) Waurtzom, Amaen. acad. 1. p: 90. 
(4) See Pontedera for more inftances, Anthol. 1. 2. ¢. 8, 
(c) Phil. Bot. p. 1.) 
