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irary *. But, granting it true, it proves 

 nothing, confirms nothing. 

 27. Argument 4. " Ex tempore quoque 

 " vegetationis harum partium concludere 

 " datum eft : Namque in antheris, ftami* 

 ** na farinam fcecundantem eo tempore 

 ** continent, quo piftillum viget, deinde, 

 ** excuflb pulvere, peradia fcecundatlone, 

 " perit ftamen ; fuccus copiofior in piftil- 

 " lum devolutus efEcit ut frudlum ma- 

 " turefcat ;" Gefnerus f. But the fta- 

 mina fpinacise, mercurialis, cannabis, 

 ' mays, juniperi, violas martise, &c. fhed 

 their duft commonly before their ftigma- 

 ta are vifible. 



" Quarto, tempus. Pr i mum hie attenden- 

 " dum venit, quod ftamina et piftilla una 

 " proveniant, exceptis tantum pauciffimis. 

 " Alterum, quod ubicunque flores maf^ 

 " culi diftinclis a fcemininis gaudent 

 " thalamis, aut in eadem aut diverfa plan- 

 " ta, et ubi mafculi Jlores nee perpendicula' 

 " riterjupra foemimos ereBi funt ; ibi, flo- 

 ** refcentia ante foliorum exortum pera- 



*' gatur, 



• See No. lo. fupra. 

 t Diflert, p. 91, 



