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fourth order in the clafs Syngenefia ctf Linnsus, 

 comprehending thofe plants in the campofitioii 

 of whofe flowers fome of the Jlofculi are male 

 and the others female. 



NECTARiUM [from mHary honey] ac- 

 cording to Linnaeus, the melliferous part of the 

 corolla, proper to the flower, and by him firft 

 diftinguiflied from the petals ; but though it 

 generally makes part of the corolla, yet it is oft- 

 en diftindl from it ; when this is the cafe, it 

 is found remarkably various, and in general 

 the plants are poifonous, as for inftance, in 

 Jasnito; Hclleboro, Jqullegia, Nigella, Pdrnajfia^ 

 Epimedio, Clutia, Melianthoy Sic. 



NERVOSUM Folium [Nervus, a nerve or 

 ftring] when their vefl^els neither branch nor 

 anaftomofe, but extend in llmple lines or curves 

 from x.\\t hafts to the apex; quum vafa fimpUc'tffnna 

 iihfque ramidh extendu7itur a haft verftis apiccm. 



'^\D\5LA'HT\Afemina,Bacca [jildus, aneft] 

 per pulpam fparfa^ difperfed among the pulp, as 

 in the Nymphica. 



NITIDUM Folium; bright, fliining, glofly .; 

 quod glabrilie lucidu?n rjl, as ia the Ferula cana- 

 denl:., Angelica canadevfis. 



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