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ture. With this view. I take the liberty to 

 requeft of the more experienced botanifts, 

 that where-ever they find me to have erred 

 in the explanation of a term, they will 

 pleafe to communicate their corredion in 

 a line, direfted for me, to the care of the 

 publilliers -, and, how difpleafed foever 

 mankind in general may be when Ihewn 

 their errours, in this particular inftance 

 I afifure them, that I fhall very fmcerely 

 acknowledge the obligation. There are 

 fome few words, the precife meaning of 

 which, I own, I do not comprehend; as for 

 example, Acutiim & Obtufum, applied to 

 P.erianthium. Of thefe, efpecially the firfl:, 

 the reader may find repeated examples in 

 the clafs Pentandria, in the Genera Plant a- 

 rum : concerning thefe in particular,- 1 

 fhould be glad to be better informed. If 

 they do not refer to the lliape of theCalyx 

 before the expanfion of the flower, I fee 



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