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fince Linnaeus * fays only, * ' fyngenefia 

 *« frurtranea : Ubi ftigma deeft, ibi nulla 

 " foecundatio : In radio centaureae, he- 

 *• lianthi, rudbeckiae^ coreopfidis." But, 

 in the radius or corona of all thefe flow- 

 ets, the ftylus is alfo wanting, as well as 

 the fligma ; which may be many ways 

 neceflary to the ripening the feed. Ic 

 does not therefore appear that this proves 

 or confirms the foecundating virtue of 

 the dull. 



43. Argument 10, is a very exten- 

 five one. '' Ita feie in plantis habere dic- 

 ** titat, decimo, omnium florum genuina 

 " confideraiio. Brevitatis caufa nonnul- 

 " lostantum hie examinare lubet j" Wahl- 

 bom f. And, for brevity's fake alfo, I 

 fliall here pafs them all ; fome of them 

 having been noticed already, as others 

 will be below ; with this obvious note, 

 that fuch a general poficion cart be proven 

 only by an as general indudion ; which 

 is altogether impradlicable. 

 VuL.I. Pp 44. But 



* Phil. Bot. p 92. 



t Aiiiaen. Acad. i. p. ^y* 



