i 
a: 
PHYSICAL anp LITERARY. 26: 
thers horizontal, while the pfi//um and fami- 
“na bear the fame proportion to one another: 
e.g. fome fpecies of the narciffus, campanula, 
hilium, &c. Andaltho’ every flos nutans had the 
pifttllum \onger than the flamina, yet itcould not 
thence be inferred with any probability, that 
the defign of the great Creator, in thus form- 
ing them, was what our authors alledge, un- 
lefs every erect flower had its pi/ic/lum fhorter 
than the /amina, which is far from being 
fact, as is proven above (g). 
40. ARGUMENT 8. ‘<< Videte et admire- 
* mini folertiam, quam Natura adhibet in 
‘* plantarum aquaticarum, quae farinam foe- 
“cundantem habent, floribus. © Tempore 
«© florefcentiae, flores fpecifice leviores redditi, 
* ultra aquae fuperficiem attolluntur, ut in 
a aére foecundatio fiat, nec humiditate dilua- 
“tur genitura: dum vero fub aqua flores ad- 
‘hue reconduntur fubmerfi, folicite per pe- 
_talorum commiffuras clauduntur, apicibus 
**verfus ftigma inclinatis, et verfus interio- 
ra tantum farinaceis, exteriori fuperficie 
_“ membranacea, et lata; ut in nymphaea et 
_“‘affinibus apparet,” Gefnerus (4). 
OcTavo 
(g) Vid. No 25. 
(4) Differt. p- 92> 
