AN EXPLANATION 



OF THE 



TECHNICAL TERMS IN BOTANY, 



USED IN THIS WORK.* 



" THE Sexual System, as invented and given to the 

 world by Linnaeus," says Miller, " is built or founded on 

 the male and female parts of fructification. By fructifi- 

 cation is meant flower and fruit ; and it is disposed ac- 

 cording to the number, proportion, and situation of the 

 stamens or pistils, or the male and female organs. 



" For the sake of brevity of expression, he has had 

 recourse to the Greek language. Aner, a husband, he 

 has applied to the stamen ; and Gyne, a wife, to the pistil. 

 The stamen consists of two parts. The 1 st. Filament, is 

 that part which elevates the anthera. 2d. The anthera is 

 the part that bears the pollen, or farina fecundans, that 

 impregnates the pistillum or germen. 



" The pistillum consists of three parts 1st. The ger- 

 men, or embryo, of a future fruit. 2d. The style, which 

 elevates the stigma. 3d. The stigma or summit, which 

 is covered with a moisture, that dissolves the farina fe- 

 cundans of the anthera ; fitting it for vivification. 



" The orders are taken from the females or pistils, as 

 the classes are from the males or stamens." 



See Plates 2 and 3. 





