258 ANINTRODUCTION, &«. 
of them parted, although there is fo remark- 
able a Diverfity in the Fruit of the Indi- 
viduals. In the Medicago * in particular, the 
Forms of the réal Snails, which Nature has 
imitated in thefe Plants, are fcarce more 
diverfified than is the Fruit of this mimic 
Species ; fo that the Botanift, who is ftu- 
dious of Varieties, would hardly find any 
End to his Labour, of purfuing Nature 
through the various Shapes which fhe has fo 
wantonly adopted. 
The whole Order of the Fungi, to the 
Scandal of the Science, is ftill a Chaos, the 
Botanifts not being yet able in thefe to de- 
cide with Certainty what is a Species, and 
what a Variety. 
* Medicago feutellata Medicago hirfute 
orbiculata lupulina 
——— echinata — fpinofa 
—— turbinata rugofa 
———— Coronata ———— polycarpas 
doliata ———— dicarpos 
———— ciliaris ——_— Arabica 
— tornata Cretica. 
, Explanation 
