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feldom a very llnall one : The umbellife- 

 rae, as maniy for two feeds, &c. 



" It A fe4e in plantis habere didlitat 

 ** fecunda proportion Plerumq le ftamina 

 *' et piftilla eandem feruat altitudinem, 

 ** ut eo melius ad fllgma pollen, mediante 

 '• vento acced-it; inouibufdam vero non, 

 ** ub' fi:igularis obfcrvatur proceffas foe- 

 *' cundacionis *." But plerumque diSii-' 

 tai nihil efpecially fince there are a great 

 many genera, where no fuch proportion 

 or lingular procefs takes place, as in al- 

 molt all rhe ilolqulofi, femiflofculofi, ra- 

 diati, liliacei, caryophvllaei, &c. and of 

 the iix plants inftanced as lingular, in 

 three, viz. dianthas, ni:j;ella, and paffido- 

 ra ', the piltilla, any curvature notwith- 

 ItdU ling, contu^iue high above the llami- 

 na t- 



i HIS argument is thus explained by 

 Linnseus. " Proponlo: Stigmata fele flee - 

 *' tere ad antheras, dein exferi ex diantho, 



** pafliflora, 



• WahlboTi Amaen acad l, p. 90. 

 t See Poniedera for more ialtaaccs* Antholt \* 2» 

 C.8. 



