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of thefe plants feems to ;afFord an argu- 

 ment, not contemptible, againfl the fex*- 

 ual fcheme. For, in fecale and triticum 

 too, there are three (lamina for one ger- 

 men, both included within, and well co- 

 vered by the fame huflis (be they a co- 

 rolla or calyx, or both, no matter here) 

 before the flowering time. Now, if the 

 dufh be necefTciry to the impregnation of 

 the feed, and, in order to this, it mull 

 fall on the ftigma, Why is not this accom- 

 plillied before the covers open ? Why are 

 the flamina fo long ? Why do they 

 thruft out the apices fo far from their 

 (ligmata, and throw out, if not all, at 

 leaft the greateft part of their dud, in the 

 common air? Does not all this look as if 

 this duft was not defigned by nature for 

 the impregnation of the feed ? as is of- 

 ten noticed. 



** Fluvie (fays Linnxus) * combibunt 

 *' pollen, ut in ftigmata cadere nequeat; 

 *• hortulanis notiflimum in drupiferis, Mb 

 " he calls the amygdalus, perfi a, pmnus, 

 " armciiiaca, cerafus, Imirocerajiis, &c.) et 



*' pomiferis. 



f Phil, fiot, p. 91, 



