234 THE BIOCOSM08 PARTICULARIZED. 



in its present aspect is of one kind (asexual), 

 and springs from a single organ or part of a 

 vegetal individual. Thus we name it Single 

 Generation (uni-parental). Hence it is also 

 called monogenetic, which word hints its 

 derivation from one parent and not from two. 

 Another term applied to this sort of Gener- 

 ation is the word vegetative, an unhappy 

 usage, since digenetic or bi-parental propaga- 

 tion belongs also to the vegetable, even if in 

 a more superficial way; while on the other 

 hand monogenetic or vegetative Generation 

 can be seen in the lower animals. 



Still the reader who loves the thought of 

 the Plant as well as the sight of it, will not 

 fail to reflect that its genetic continuity is 

 transmitted through single Generation as 

 well as through double. The Plant-norm is 

 perpetuated in one way as well as in another; 

 the specific idea or type keeps re-embodying 

 itself in the generative process, though the 

 individual continues to perish. The Plant 

 hands down two things : its living but evanes- 

 scent finite shape, and also its eternal power 

 of shaping itself anew its mortal and its 

 immortal portions. The individual vanishes, 

 but individuation eternizes. The product is 

 mortal, the creative energy is immortal. 

 This latter seems to have been given at the 

 start, from the original genetic sources and to 



