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" paffiflora, nigella, patet. Piliillam ubi 

 ". breviffimum, connivent antherae fupra 

 "iligmata: Saxifraga, parnaflia. Con- 

 " nivent dum efflant pollincm antherae 

 *' in celofia. Comprimit corolla digitis 

 *' antheras ad ftigmata in teucrio *." 

 Here not a word of proportion confirm- 

 ing his fcheme ; no inftance of it ; but 

 only rcafons for inequality. No matter, 

 therefore, whether it be fo in thefe or 

 not. 



26. The third argument is, " Ex loco 

 " ftaminum et piftilii, non leve argumen- 

 ** turn petere pofTumus ; nam in plerifque 

 ** plancis, floribus hermaphroditicis prac 

 " ditis, ftamina ambiunt ovarium, et ea 

 " ratione ut maxima pars geniturae ad 

 *• ftigma accedat j" Gefnerus f . Can the 

 ftamina furround the ovarium, in the rao- 

 nandriae, diandriae, &c. ? But this needs 

 no anfwer ; neither what he adds con- 

 cerning the piftilii jabrica, and anihera- 

 rum mauries, which is nothing to the 

 purpofc. 



" Tertio, 



• Phil. Bot. p. 91. 

 f DifTert. p. 9. 



