66 AN INTRODUCTION 
Impletion is by the lengthening of their 
Stigmata, and the enlarging and diverging 
of their Germina; by which Augmenta- 
tions, the full Flowers are to be diftinguifhed 
from the natural ones, as im Scorzonera and 
Lapfana vulgaris; which laft, Linnexs tells 
us, is frequently found btu a full Flower 
at Up/al. 
3. Flowers are faid to be PROLIFE- 
ROUS, when one hlower grows out of an- 
other : This generally happens in full Flow- 
ers, the Fulnefs being the Caufe of their 
becoming proliferous. Prolification is after 
two Manners; 1. From the Centre; 2. 
From the Side. 
Prolification from the Centre, which hap- 
pens in fimple Flowers, is when the Piftil- 
lum fhoots up into another Flower ftanding 
ona fingle Peduncle; of which there are 
Inftances in Dianthus, Ranunculus, Anemone, 
Geum, and Ro/a. 
Prolification from the Szde, which happens 
ih aggregate Flowers, properly fo called (fee 
Chap. 19.) is when many pedunculate 
Flowers ara produced out of one common 
Calyx ; of which there are Inftances in Bel- 
lis, Calendula, Hieracium, and Scabiofa. 
In umbellate Flowers, the Prolification is 
by the Increafe of the Umbellule, one fim- 
ple 
