'^•Vii, 



!, 



I" 





ers 



) 



iiii 





-"^en. Th 



dioeci 



and 



^^e flit. 



^^ cynaii. 



^tio" of the ve, 

 ^ in coiiveyi 



ID? 







^P^ai^ tubes of 



irft 



acquire ivj. 



idatlon, like tilt 



I the bark with 



floral-leaves, as 

 in one day im- 

 :us grandiflorus, 

 md ftlgraas,aiii 

 ' days elapfe h 

 ,hefe more ani 



II cafes the fee^ 

 before It, except 



,ly 



• > 



ain to veg«'*' 



O 



fp 



row 



to ma""'''' 



1 



flowef' 



ves, 

 or 2 



1 

 Ion 







f veg^^^ 



fobabl/ 



CJ: 



^ 



Sect. VII. 2.5 



REPRODUCTION 



n 



3 



mals ; which in female quadrupeds would 



fe 



to fleep aft 



impregnation during the time of geftation and ladefcence, and afte 

 wards^'to revive ; whereas this amatorial organ in vegetable flowe 

 periflies, when the uterus is impregnated, along with the male orgar 

 neither of which are any longer of ufe in thefe annual beings. 



The various methods, which nature has employed for the difperfic 

 of feeds, are worth the attention of the farmer and gardener, both f 

 the purpofe of preventing the growth of noxious feed 



> 



d 



f 



leding the profitabl 



The pericarp of fome plants burfts with 



fudden violence, when the feed is mature, and difperfes it to confid 



able difta 



that of wood-forr 



d of im 



pati 



touch me 



Th 



feeds of many plants of the clafs (y 



<Tenefia are furniflied with a plume, by which admirable mechanifm 



pa 



ftem. and 



they are difleminated by the winds far from th 



look like a fhuttlecock, as they fly. Other feeds are difleminated by 



animals ; of thefe fome attach themfelves to their hair or feathers by 



a gluten, 



mifl 



others by hooks, as clivers, 



m aperinei 



burdock, ardium lappa ; houndVtongue, cynogloflum. Oth 



fwallowed whole for the fake of the fruit, and voided 



nured 



> 



as 



the hawthorn, crat^gus, juniper, and fome grafles. And the feeds of 



quatic plan 



and of thofe which srow on the banks of 



carried many miles by the currents into which they fall 



Other feeds are feparated from each othe 



I 



d difperfed by th 



fting of the awn at the fummit of them, when moiflened by 



black 



fatua, with hairy 



lik 



e 



kd: when moiftened 



c> 



hich feem 

 m alfo, and barley 



d 



as 



this happens in wet weather, the moifl ground 



d 



(h them. Th 



of th 



C> 



then fit to receive 

 have been ufed as 



hygrometers by flicking the bafe of the feed into a cork for a pedeft 



d marking divifions on a paper circle beneath it ; and th 



awn 



of 



barley is furniflied with fliff points, which, like the teeth of a faw, ar( 

 all turned towards on^end of it ; as this long awn lies upon the ground 



a 



It 



