38 AN INTRODUCTION 
Hairs, as in Ceratocarpus ; or thicker towards 
the Top, asin Leucotum. y 
In refpec& to LENGTH, it is either very 
long as in Tamarindus, Caffia, Campanula, 
Scorzonera and Zea ; very Jfeort, as in Pa- 
paver; or of the Length of the Stamina, as 
in Nicotiana, and moft Flowers. 
In refpect to THICKNESS, it is either 
thicker than the Stamina, as in Leucoium ; 
thinner, as in Ceratocarpus ; or of equal Thick- 
nefs with them, as in Lemium. 
Its SITUATION is either on the Apex 
of the Germen, as is too common to need 
Example; both above and ée/ow the Germen, 
as in Capparisand Euphorbia (unlefs the lower 
Part in thefe be confidered as the extenfion 
of the Receptacle ;) or on the Side of the 
Germen,as in Ro/a, Rubus,and the reft of the 
Plants of the Order Polygynia, in the Clafs 
Icofandria*, and alfoin Hirtellaand Suriana. 
As toits DURATION, it is fometimes 
Perfifting, as in the Clafs Tetradynamia T. 
STIGMA—The NUMBER of the Stig- 
mata is either a_/ig/e one, as in moft Flow- 
ers; fwo, asin Syringa; three, asin Cam- 
panula ; four, as in Epilobium and Parnafima; 
or five, as in Pyrola, 
* See Part IJ. Chap. #5. +See Part II, Chap. 18. 
The 
