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of a contrary Opinion; and held, that as 
the Flower was of fhort Duration, and its 
Parts commonly very minute, recourfe 
fhould not be had to the Fructification for 
fpecific Differences, till all other Ways had 
been tried and found ineffetual ; but as the 
Fructification contains more diftincé Parts 
than all the reft of the Plant taken together, 
and Certitude is found throughout Nature 
to depend moftly on her minuter Parts, 
he has fince readily admitted this Diftinc- 
tion. 
In Gentiana, the Species cannot any Way 
be diftinguifhed, if the Flower is not ad- 
mitted as a fpecific Character ; but they are 
eafily diftinguifhed by their Coro//e, which 
vary in being campaniform, rotate, infundi- 
buliform, quinquefid, quadrifid, oftifid, &c. 
In Hypericum, the Species are diftinguifhed 
by the Flowers being Trigynous * or Penta- 
gynous T. 
In Geranium, the African Species are dif- 
tinguifhable from their European Congeners, 
by the Corolla being irregular, and alfo by 
the Conneétion of their Stamina. 
In Lichen, the Fructification is diftin= 
* With three Styles. - + With five Styles. 
R 2 guifhable 
