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“ proveniant, exceptis tantum pauciflimis. 
4¢ Alterum, quod ubicunque flores mafculi 
« diftinGis a foemininis gaudent thalamis, aut 
« in eadem aut diverfa planta, et ubz mafcult 
«« flores nec perpendiculariter : fupra focmineos 
*ereéti funt; idi, florefcentia ante foliorum 
*Cexortum peragatur, necefle eft; ne, folis | 
‘© intervenientibus, inhibeatur foecundatio: 
“ex, gr. in moro, vifco, mercurial perenni, fcc: 
Wablbom (hb). How juftly thefe three are in- 
ftanced, any body may judge. But fince he 
admits of exceptions, as fo the firft notandum ; 
‘and many other plants emit the flowers be- 
fore the leaves; this argument proves no- 
thing. ) 
“Tempus. In declinis flores anté germi- 
‘@nationem foliorum plerumque prodeunt, ne 
~** folia tegant piftilla ; falix, populus, cory- 
Is, Bec.” Linnaeus (2). . Here, as com- 
‘monly, 'we find plerwmque ; and’an imagina- 
ry reafon. ” 
~ 28. Argument sth, vz. pluviae ; “ Fit in- 
de ut, dum pluvia eluit pulverem ftaminum, 
germina piftilli decidant, aut in fructus 
© nafcantur abortivos, ut {tillant vites, perco- 
‘pepe S. - t 
* uantur 
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; 
(4) Amaen. Acad. 1. p. 9%. 
(4) Phil, Bot. Pp: gi. 
