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bending those plants which have flowers 

 with many pistils. 



Ribcs. See currant-tree. 



Receptacu/um.- A receptacle; the base by 

 which the other parts of the fructification 

 are connected. 



Stamen. An organ, or viscus, for the pre- 

 paration of the pollen; and formed from 

 the wood. It is the third in the fructi- 

 fication, and consists of the filament and 

 anther. 



Syngeucsia. The name of the nineteenth class 

 in Linnseus's artificial system ; compre- 

 hending those plants which have the an- 

 thers united into a cylinder. 



The following anecdote, as related by Ray, 

 will prove how necessary it is for all classes of 

 men to be in some measure acquainted with 

 botany : the counsellor who would be a judge, 

 the student who would be a pleader, the jury- 

 man who would give an honest verdict, and 

 the defendant who would gain his cause, will, 

 in this instance, see the importance of botani- 

 cal information. 



" Baal, who was a gardener at Brent- 

 ford, in Middlesex, having cultivated a re- 

 markable fine cabbage, sold a large quantity 

 of the seeds to several gardeners about the 



