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PAGl 



14. Plato, Seneca, and Tertullian, clearly describe the 



nature of generation . . SQ 



15. Discovery of the multiplicity of animation which 



the polypus is capable of . . ib. 



CHAP IV. 



Of the Sexual System 'of Plants 



j The organs whereby the propagation of plants is 



effected . 2$ 



2. Linnaeus has reduced all trees and plants to particu- 



lar classes . . ib. 



3, 4, 'The moderns give more accurate accounts of 



plants than the ancients . . 23; 



5. Theophrastus's opinion on the distinction of plants <J4 



6, 7. Various sentiments of the ancients, as to the 



1 ! 



difference of sexes in plants . ib. 



8, 9. Empedocles and Aristotle give a clear account of 



the distinction of sexes in plants . 25 



10, Theophrastus and Pliny's instances of the fecunda- 



licn of plants . .. ibv. 



GHAP V. 



Of the Chymistry of the Ancients. 



3.. Chymistry had its origin in the cOwitry of Chem<a 



In Egypt c . 27; 



