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" First, the pistillum consists of three 

 parts : the germen, or embryo, of a future 

 fruit. 2d. The style, which elevates the 

 stigma. 3d. The stigma or summit, which 

 is covered with a moisture, that dissolves the 

 farina fecundans of the anthera; fitting it 

 for vivification. 



" The orders are taken from the females or 

 pistils, as the classes are from the males or 

 stamens/' 



Androgynous plant. Bearing male and fe- 

 male flowers on the same root, without 

 any mixture of hermaphrodites. 



Anther. A part of the flower, big with 

 pollen or farina, which it emits or ex- 

 plodes when ripe ; or, big with granu- 

 lated pollen, and that with favilla. It 

 forms a part of the stamen, and is 

 placed on the top of the filament. 



Calyx. The outward covering of the flower, 

 or the first of the seven parts of fructi- 

 fication. 



Chive. Properly the stamen. 



Decandria. Ten stamened. 



Diwcia. The twenty-second class in Lin- 

 naeus's system, comprehending those 

 plants which have no hermaphrodite 

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