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this hypothefis ; but is fo far from ma- 

 king it probable, that the ftriidure and 

 pofitlon of the parts of feme of the flowers 

 he inflances, which are all the arguments 

 advanced by him for it, fufficiently con' 

 fute it ; e. g. corona imperlalis. For allow- 

 ing for once, which however cannot be 

 allowed, that the flylus is always hollow, 

 and that rain might wafli the duft, or 

 wind fhake it down this cavity, into the 

 heart of the feed in ere6t flowers, What 

 mufl become of pendulous flowers, fuch 

 as the crown imperial ? here the farina 

 mufl be waflied or fliaken upwards. 



12. As for Waldfchmidii differ tatio de 

 /exu plant arum, KUiae 1705, 410, and (?^- 

 kenholzii differtatio de 'uegetabilium indole 

 cognojcenda, Helmftadii 1706, in 4to, men- 

 tioned by the learned Heifterus, in his 

 praefatio in epiflolam Burckhardi, Helmfta- 

 dii 1750, in 8vo ; I know nothing about 

 them : But I have no reafon to think, that 

 they have been more fuccefsful in demon- 

 ftrating the fexes of plants than Camera- 

 rius, " qui, omnium planiflime, fexum 



" plantarum 



