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ways neceflary to the ripenin gthe feed. It 
does not therefore appear that this proves or 
confirms the foecundating virtue of the duft. 
43. ARGUMENT Io. is a very extenfive 
one. _‘* Ita fefe in plantis habere dictitat de- 
“cimo omnium florum genuina confideratio. 
« Brevitatis caufa nonnullos tantum hic exa- 
“ minare lubet,” Wablbom (z). And, for 
brevity’s fake alfo, I fhall here pafs them all; 
 fome of them having been noticed already, 
as others will be below ; with this obvious 
+ note, that fuch a general pofition can be pro- 
ven only by an as general induction; which 
is altogether impracticable. 
44. Bur fince Malpighius, whom I reckon 
one of the moft genuine contemplators of 
4 flowers, obferves (a), that, ‘ Turgentibus 
* « orbicularibus corporibus quibus {ftaminum 
capitula replentur exficcataque continente 
«* capfula, foras prodeunt globuli minimi et 
« difperguntur ;” and that this exficcation 
does not, cannot well happen, before, by 
| opening of their covers, the ffamina be ex- 
oe to the free air; and fince in fact, the 
~ L] apices 
(2) Amaen, Acad. 1. p 97- 
(a) P. 63. edit. in 4to. 
