272 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



" gatur, necefle eft ; ne, foliis interveni- 

 ** entibns, mhibeatur fcECundatio : Ex. 

 *' gr. in moro. njifco, mercuriali perenni^ 

 " &c ;" Wahlbom * How juftly thefe 

 three are inftanced, any body may judge. 

 But, fince he admits of exceptions as to 

 the firft notandum^ and many other plants 

 emit the flowers before the leaves, this 

 argument proves nothing. 



*' T^ Mpus In declinis, flores anteger- 

 " minationem foliorum plerumque pro- 

 ** deunt, ne folia tegant piftilla ; falix, 

 ** populus, corylus &c.;" Linnaeus f. Here, 

 as commonly, we find plerumque, and an 

 imaginary reafon 



28. Akgument 5. viz, pluvU'. "Fit 

 " inde ut, dum pluvia eluit pulverem fta- 

 •' minum, germina piililli decidant, aut 

 *• in frucSlus nafcantur abortivos, ut ftil- 

 *' lant vices, percoquantur, marafmo ex- 

 ** arefcant, locum concedant infedlorum 

 *' nidis et eorum evolutioni ut fruges u- 

 *' flilagine pereant, et quae funt alia vitia. 

 ** Sedulo itaque natura ubique folicita 



" fuit, 



* Amaen. Acad. 1. p. 92. 

 t Phil. Bot, p. 91. 



