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Thofe plants whofe flowers are of diiFerent 

 fexes are thus diftinguilhed. 



Fig. 21. {Moncecia) the plants of this clafs 

 have male and female flowers upon 

 the fame individual. 

 Fig. 22. {Dicecici) thefe have male and fe- 

 male flowers upon different plants. 

 This clafs of plants is fubjeft to variation, 

 for feveral plants included in it by the author, 

 which when young produce only male flowers, 

 but after fome years growth, have produced 

 fruit which have grown and produced plants 

 of both fexes. 



Fig. 23. [Polygamla) thefe have heritia- 



phrodite flowers, v/ith flowers of 



one feXj either male or female upon 



the fam.e individual. 



Thofe plants whofe flowers are inclofed in 



the fruit, or are fo fmall as not to be feen by 



the naked eye, are included in the 24th clafs, 



intituled Cryptogamia^ fee fig. 24. 



In this clafs our author in the former editions 

 of his method ranged Fiais^ which in thelaft 

 edition he has removed to his clafs Dicecia^ but 

 it ftiould rather be placed in the clafs Monce-- 

 cia \ for all the fruits which I have examined 

 of the difl^erent kinds of Figs, have male and 

 female flowers in the fame covers, and do all 



produce 



