22 AN INTRODUCTION 
CTA Pee 
Of THE MosT NATURAL STRUCTURE of 
the Parts of FRUCTIFICATION, 
N confidering the Stru€ture of the Parts 
of Fructification, the principal Objects 
to be attended toare, 1. The Numéer of each 
Part. 2. Its Figure. 3. Its Proportion; by 
which is to be underftood its Height in re- 
fpect to the reft; and, 4. Its S7twation; which 
will include alfo its Infertion and Conneétions, 
As toany other Differences, fuch as a Differ- 
ence in the Size, Color, Smell, or Tafte, it is 
not {afe to allow any Weight to them, as they 
might lead us tomake DiftinGions, not jufti- 
fiable by the true Principles of the Science. 
As the Number, Figure, Proportion, and 
Situation of the Parts are variable, we fhall 
confider; 1. THE MOST NATURAL 
STRUCTURE, or that which moft fre- 
quently occurs ; and this we fhall make the 
Subject of the prefent Chapter. 2.'THE 
DIFFERENCES in Structure, arifing from 
the Variation of the Parts in different Plants; 
which will take up a few of the fucceeding 
Chapters. And, 3. THE SINGULAR 
STRUCTURES, or fuch as are obferved 
in a few Genera only ; for which we fhall 
allot a Chapter by itfelf. 
The 
