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tial Flower of the aggregate one is called 
Fhfculus, a Floret. Aggregate Flowers are 
primarily divifible into feven Kinds, viz. 
1. The Aggregate, properly fo called. 2. 
The Compound. 3. The Umbellate. 4. The 
Cymofe. 5. The Amentaceous. 6. The Giu- 
mofe. 7. The Spadiceous: All which we 
fhall explain in their Turns. 
1. An AGGREGATE Flower, properly 
fo called, has a Receptacle that is d/ate, ex= 
tended in Breadth, the Florets ftanding on 
Peduncles, Foot-/talks*, as in Scabiofa, Knaue 
tia, Dipfacus, Cephalanthus, Globularia, Leu- 
cadendron, Protea, Brunia, Barreria, and 
Statice. 
2. A COMPOUND Flower } is an ag- 
gregate one, comprehending many Florets 
that are fefile, fquatted, or without Pedun- 
cles, on acommon Receptacle that is entire, 
and having alfoa common Perianthium, but 
furnifhed with Anthere that grow together 
in the Form of a Cylinder. 
The Properties of a compound Flower 
are, 1. Acommon Receptacle enlarged and 
undivided. 2, A common Perianthium, fur- 
* Peduncle is the Foot-ftalk of a Flower only ; the 
Foor-ftalk of a Leaf is called a Petivle. 
+ Thefe are the Flowers of the Clafs Syngenefia, fee 
Part II, Chap. 22. 
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