AN EXPLANATION 



OF THE 



TECHNICAL TERMS 



Kn Botany, 



USED IN THIS WORK. 



1 THE Sexual System, as invented and given 

 to the world by Linnaeus/' says Miller, " is 

 built or founded on the male and female 

 parts of fructification. By fructification 

 is meant flower and fruit; and is disposed 

 according to the number, proportion, and 

 situation of the stamens or pistils, or the 

 male and female organs. 



" For the sake of brevity of expression, 

 he has had recourse to the Greek language. 

 Aner, a husband, he has applied to the sta- 

 men ; and Gyne 9 a wife, to the pistil. The 

 stamen consists of two parts. The 1st. Fila- 

 ment, is that part which elevates the anthera. 

 2d. The anthera is the part that bears the 

 pollen, or ferina fecundans, that impregnates 

 the pistillum or germen. 



