TO BOTANY. 69 
CHA:-P. XI. 
Of the Sex of Plants. 
HE Diftinction of Flowers into Male, 
Female, Hermaphrodite, and Neuter, 
has been already explained in Chap. 4. To 
which we muft add, that Hermaphrodite 
Flowers are fometimes diftinguifhable into 
Male Hermaphrodites, and Female Herma- 
phrodites: This is, when, although the 
Flower contains the Parts belonging to each 
Sex, one of them proves abortive or ineffec- 
tual; if the Defect be in the Stamina, it is 
a Female Hermaphrodite ; if in the Pi/fz/- 
lum,a Male one. The Cafe wherein this 
Diftinction becomes neceflary, happens very 
rarely: It will be fhewn in the Courfe of 
this Chapter. 
Plants, in refpect to Sex, take their De- 
nominations from the Sex of their Flowers 
in the manner following. 
1. HERMAPHRODITE Plants are 
fuch as upon the fame Root bear Flowers, 
that are all Hermaphrodite, as in moft Ge- 
nera. 
2. ANDROGYNOUS, Male and Femak, 
fuch as upon the fame Root bear both male 
es and 
