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was falfe, the far greater Part having Herma- 
phrodite Flowers, and ferves to convince us, 
that what they difcovered of the Palin and Fig, 
was only aright Guefs, and not founded on 
any Knowledge of the Anatomy of Flowers, 
either in thofe Trees, or any others. 
In this dark State the Doétrine of the Sexes 
of Vegetables remained, not only through all 
the Ages of Antiquity, but almoft to the End 
of the laft Century, the Moderns feeing no more 
of this Doétrine than the Ancients had done 
before them; and hence we have to this very 
Hour in Ufe, the falfe Diftinctions of Male and 
Female Species of Cornus, Peony, Ciftus, and 
many others, which have all Hermaphrodite 
Flowers, the Diftinction in thefe Cafes being 
grounded on nothing more than fome Difference 
in the Habit of the two Species with which the 
Sexes are no ways concerned. 
The Honour of having firft fuggefted the 
true fexual Diftinétions in Plants appears to be 
due to our own Countryman, Sir Thomas Mil- 
lington; from whofe Hints Dr. Grew, as the 
Doétor himfelf acknowledges, was led to the 
Obfervations he has given on this Subjet, in his 
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