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bear hermaphrodite flowers, accompanied with male or 

 female flowers, or both ; not inclosed within the same 

 common calyx, but scattered either on the same plant, 

 or on two, or on three distinct individuals : whence the 

 three orders of this class, 1. Monoccia, 2. Dixcia, 

 3. Triacia. 



Polygynia. The name of one of the orders in the fifth, 

 sixth, twelfth, and thirteenth classes in the Linnaean 

 system; comprehending those plants which have 

 flowers with many pistils. 



Receptaculum. A receptacle; the base by which the 

 other parts of the fructification are connected. 



Stamen. An organ, or viscus, for the preparation of the 

 pollen; and formed from the wood. It is the third 

 in the fructification, and consists of the filament and 

 anther. 



Syngenesia. The name of the nineteenth class in Lin- 

 naeus's artificial system ; comprehending those plants 

 which have the anthers united into a cylinder. 



The following anecdote, as related by Ray, will prove 

 how necessary it is for all classes of men to be in some 

 measure acquainted with botany : the counsellor who 

 would be a judge, the student who would be a pleader, 

 the juryman who would give an honest verdict, and the 

 party who would gain his cause, will, in this instance, see 

 the importance of botanical information. 



" Baal, who was a gardener at Brentford, in Middle- 

 sex, having cultivated a remarkably fine cabbage, sold a 

 large quantity of the seeds to several gardeners about 

 the suburbs of London. They committed them to the 

 ground after the usual manner; but, instead of the sort 

 Baal had made them believe would spring up, they proved 

 to be chiefly the brassica longifolia, instead of the florida. 

 His incensed customers, in a body, instantly commenced, 



