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flowers ; but male and female flowers on 

 distinct plants of the same species. 



Favilla. A fine substance, imperceptible to 

 the naked eye, exploded by the pollen 

 in the anthers of flowers. 



Hermaphrodite flowers. Having both anther 

 and stigma. An hermaphrodite plant is 

 that which has only hermaphrodite 

 flowers. 



Hexandria. The name of the sixth class in 

 Linnaeus's system; comprehending those 

 plants which have hermaphrodite flowers 

 with six equal stamens. This is a natural 

 class. 



Icosandria. The name of the twelfth class 

 in the Linnaean system ; comprehending 

 those plants which have hermaphrodite 

 flowers, with twenty or more stamens, 

 growing on the inside of the calyx, not 

 on the receptacle : the situation, and 

 not the number of the stamens, is here 

 to be attended to. The calyx also is 

 monophyllous and concave in this class ; 

 and the claws of the petals are fixed into 

 the inside of the calyx. 



Monacia. The name of the twenty-first class 

 in the Linnaean system; comprehend- 

 ing the androgynous plants, or such as 

 produce male and female flowers on the 



