14- An IntroduEiion to 



The {Q2i\Q^ f quanta y is generally found in kat- 

 kinSj where they ferve as a cover to the {lami- 

 na and apices of the male flowers ; and in fome 

 flowers at the bottom of the flower-cup, or 

 under the flowers themfelves, in fome plants. 



Of Leaves, Folia. 



I jfhall not here mention all the varieties of 

 leaves, which are taken notice of by fome of 

 the late vmters in Botany, but (hall only in- 

 clude their principal or moft eflential diffe- 

 rences ', and {hall not take the terms from a 

 fingle difference, but from fuch as are com- 

 mon to many ; for the inferting too great num- 

 ber of terms will burden the memory too much, 

 which will embarrafs the learner in the ap- 

 plication of them ; and if thofe here menti- 

 oned are not fufficient to diftinguifii every va- 

 riety, we iliould endeavour to keep a jufl me- 

 dium between the old and new terms, avoid- 

 ing the two extremes. 



When two genera pf leaves are combined to 

 form one fpecies, or the fpecies is compofed of 

 two genepa, which become the parts of the 

 fpecies, thefe genera being once e{labli{hed, it 

 will not be difficult to form the fpecies, fo as 

 to require no other definition, provided the 



genera 



