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•' te cafum pollinis, fterilis evadetj'* Lin- 

 nsEus *. 



So the winds feem here to forget their 

 duty. But, granting all here alledged, it 

 proves nothing. I'or plucking off the pe- 

 tal a may have the fame efFev^t : ** Saepius 

 ?' avulfis floris foliis, antequam hiarent, 

 *' in tulipa praecipue, expecftavi an flylus 

 " incrementa caperet ; et interdum ejuf- 

 ** dem incrementum remorari obfervavi, 

 ** quandoque quaedam femina, abfque 

 " noxa, debitkm fortita funt magnitudi- 

 ** nem ;" Malpighius f. Wounds alfo, 

 in otherways neceffary parts, may be the 

 caufe of fuch barrennefs, by depriving 

 the feeds of their proper juices, 8cc. Ne- 

 verthelefs there is reafon to deny the fadl : 

 For furely M. Wahlbom did not make the 

 experiment in every fpecies of flowers ; 

 M. Geoffroy's mays ripened fome feeds 

 tho' caftrated J : And I made the trial in 

 tulips, nullo cwn fuccejfu. Thus, 



47- 0\'E year, obferving two fl:rong 

 tulips growing together, in an inclolui-e 



furrounded 



• PhU. Bot. p 90. and 92. 



t Oper, p. 70. 



t Vid. Mem. Acad. 1711. 



