PHYSICAL AND LITERARY. 2^5 



Ag^tn, the ftylus of the campanu'a is 

 commonlv much longer thaa the ftamiiia, 

 and briftly a little above them, as it were 

 to hinder their accefs to the ftigma. The 

 ftamina of the iris are hid under the cut- 

 fide of the fegments of the ftigma, the 

 deprefled petala being frequently bearded 

 or hairy under them. So no plants could 

 be here more improperly alledged ; for, by 

 the ftrudture of their flowers, it is evi- 

 dent, that the folLnis illapfus fupra fiig" ■ 

 mata nuda is impofli' le : Nor can Mr 

 Wahlbom deny it : " Campanula (fays he) 

 a caeteris in eo diff-rt quod pulvis la- 

 teri hifpidi ftyli adfigatur, et exlnde 

 per certos canales ftigmati comiiiunice- 

 tur I lib parricularum nobi^ oftendit 

 •" ftru(5luram ; ftigmata enim it'iQ dilatan- 

 " tia, antheras omnino openunt ; ilium 

 " tamen aa petala refernnt fitum, ut, au- 

 " ra fubeunte iligmata, pollen per rimas 

 ** illorum alcendat." What eye ever fa w 

 thele canales, or rimae, with the p<>llen 

 riling in them ? how, or why rife to the 

 ftij. ma thus ficuated ? 

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