APPENDIX. no3 



times a little hairy, lanceolate, and acutely 

 bearded ; the edges white, the back mark'd 

 with two green ftreaks or elevated lines. 



The petals are white, oval, and about half the 

 length of the calyx. 



It has itnjlamina and three ftyles. 



The capfule is of an oval conical form, empty 

 at the too. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



dioica. LYCHNIS, p. 241. 



I am afTured by my ingenious friend Dr. Burgefs^ 

 that he has frequently obferv'd male and female 

 flowers, both of a red and a white color; fo as 

 to induce him to think, that the red and the 

 white kinds are two diftinft fpecies, each of 

 them dioecious. This obfervation merits a fur- 

 ther examination ; for we are inclin'd to be- 

 lieve, that plants do not always confine them- 

 felves to human fydems, but what obfervations 

 are true of them in one country, may not al- 

 ways hold good in another. 



I C O S A N D R I A. 



jftnoJifma> ROSA. p. 260. 



This has commonly a white or cream-color'd 



flower. 



