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tus, he adds, " Mona;ctae pleraeque flores- 

 " llamineos fuprapiitilliferos gerunt: Zea, 

 " ricinus." But ihe Jlores ftaminei are be- 

 low the piftilliferi in ricinus. What he 

 fays of tempus^ is anfwered above ; of ca- 

 Jtratto, below : And what he obferves of 

 the loculmnenta antherarum, and poUinls 

 ftruftura, teach nothing, but the author'5 

 conjedlures, 



46. But, whether thefe arguments be 



conclufive or not, cajiratto fiorum mo ft 



certainly demonft rates the ufe of the/^- 



rma facundans^ and confequently the 



fexes of plants. *' Veritatem hanc pro^ 



•' bat caflratio. Si antheras alicujus plan- 



*' tae uniflorae auferamus, et, ne aliqua 



*' alia ejufdem fpeciei adfit, curemus ; a- 



*' bortit frudlus, vel faltem ova pro fere 



** fubventanea ; quod adeo certuin, ut 



*' quilque nullo non fuccelTu id experiri 



"queat;" Wahlbom *. ** Caflratio: 



" Mclonis flores ftamineos qui diligenter 



*' auferunt, frudlus non obtinent. Tuli- 



♦' pae folitariae, fi auferantur antherae an- 



♦* te 



• Aroaea, Acad. i. p. 86, 



