TO BOTANY. gg 
"CH ASB HV, 
Of the STAMINA, 
HE STAMINA are the Male Part 
of the Flower. Linneus defines them 
as an Entrail of the Plant, defigned for the 
Preparation of the Pollen; of which we fhall 
fpeak prefently. 
’ Each fingle Stamen-confifts of two Parts, 
VIZ. 
1. FILAMENTUM, the Filament or 
Thread; which fervesto elevate the Anthera, 
or Summit, and atthe fame Time conneéts 
it with the Flower. 
2. ANTHER A, the Summit itfelf ; which 
contains within it the Pollen, and when 
come to Maturity difcharges the fame. 
The POLLEN, Meal, contained within 
the Antherz, is a fine Duft fecreted therein, 
and deftined for the Impregnation of the 
Germen; of which Part we fhall fpeak in 
the next Chapter. 
The Stamina being, as I have faid, the 
Male Part of the Flower, the Conftru@ion 
and Diftribution of the fexual Syftem is prin- 
cipally founded upon, and regulated by its 
as will appear in the Explanation of the Sy- 
~ ftem. 
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