

To relate more examples would fatigue the reader unnecessarily.* 



All Nature proclaims the truth of this doctrine, and every flower of every sortf might be 

 adduced as a witness in its favour. The day would sooner fail me than matter. 



in. Leaving innumerable other proofs behind, from both bisexual and umsexual flvwers, I 

 hasten to the consideration ol hybrid, or nude plants, a subject indeed meriting every attention. 



Some have ascribed every thing to the female, after Habvey. 

 Others again to the male, after Lewenhock. 



As for myself, I ascribe the offspring to both, which the production of mules does confirm. 

 To instance this, there are two different kinds of mides. 



From the mare and male ass proceeds the most useful mule, which in its gentle nature resem- 

 bles its mother; but in its mane and tail, and cross on its back, the ass. This animal, winch 

 fetches an high price in Spain, is called Hinnus.+ 



November the same year. (See Chew's Works, p. .6, ,71.) Malp oh, no whe hat , J.n , ^ 



self, though he allows it necessary for fecundation yet d.d no suspect that J en ered h J - ^ & ^ grain fc ^ 



after, asserted that it entered the germe,. through the canal of the style. (*^ 1^ 7 j. J 



middle of this canal ; nor is it to be doubted, but that stricter ^^J^J^^ZZ the A mar vl^ and Marvel of Peru, before recorded. 

 This doctrine by Mor.and has been refuted by Linnxus, ,rom h. *£«£ " l„ w U plea e To consult our " Philosophy of 

 Such as may be curious to see the reasonings upon wh.ch Morland founded th.s opinion, WW p 



Botany.'* 



• a *« ni-ri^ii^ rhieflv new facts. The Question was 

 * The reader will call to mind, that the author of the prize «~^™^£^**L<^ vel impugnare, pra, 

 Pro Pernio proposita « Sexum Plantarum argumentis et exper.ment.s . noy». ^SZ^tZ^o^ seminis et perfectionem seminis 

 missa exposition historica et physica omnium Plant* part.um, <,« ahqu d ad f U „da Uon m « P ^ ^ ^ y .^ 



et fructus confeme creduntur." So that the beautiful proofs of the Sexes of Plants which conridced more at 



duce into this dissertation, which will form an apology for the number and length of some 

 large in our " Philosophy of Botany." 



+ It has always been an interesting subject of enquiry, to all |U~£***^f *££X^ ^ntuT into ZZTJL 

 intricL tribes of plants, which, on account of the obscurity of _th«, ^ rue ihcati n w aU P u o^ j^ JJ*J ^ ^ ^ ^ 

 Ciypfogaiiua, were really endowed with flowers and seeds, like other vegetab les, j>r tot 7 Aoanson, and Necker. The 



thTfubfect of Mosses. Many botanists denied their having any flowers, or sexual "fj^?™ °^ „ has been , or can in future be 

 last-mentioned author writes in a very singular and decisive style concerning then, Jtatcv . _ y ^ DlLLEN .os, more philo- 



said of the sexes and copulation of Mosses, we are ^ermined to consider a^ a fie .on and ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



sophical than this writer, judged from observation and analogy, that Mosses _were ne and , stilla in Mosses , but h.s 



had discovered both, but proved to be mistaken. MtCHtt. was the fin ^° J^™ .^ and accurate Dr . Hedw.o, of Leipsic, pub- 

 observations were neglected, and scarcely credited by subsequent :«*«. £> * ^37,^ number of Mosses, in so satisfactory a 

 lisheo his History of Mosses in , r «, in which he demonstrates the parts of ^>£" <f a a £ bc . doubt remaining on the sub- 



manner, and illustrates the structure and economy o these .minute p £*« eomp£dy , ^^ ^ ^.^ ^ 



ject. He proves that the capsula of D.llen.us, (the autfcera of L™ us ) ™" ers are what IjINNjEU s and others took 



Lting polien, is in fact the fruit, and the powder which it contain, £**.£ «£.£ m fl^ ^ ^ .^ 

 for the female. The celebrated Schreber had before -^pected th. to bothc o« , * te his enquirfes 



■< This opinion is now adopted by all scient.fic botanists; and it has b en ^anxious y w»he communicate , upon the best autho- 



through the other orders of the Cryptogamia. This ^^1^^ ^ £ ™ J^ reached , bis kingdom . In this work 

 rity, Lme account of his discoveries, published in a prize dissertation «*™f^™™ m , a J Tbe EquM is referred by him to 

 Dr Heow.o illustrates the fructification of Filices, Alga, Muf Cl , and ftj, » thirty - P.^ rf ^ ^ which coyers the lamM<e 

 the class IVtraiuIrta Monogyma. The anther*, or male organs of the Ag inc. .be .^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ Thfi 



while the fungus is young, and afterwards generally becomes m -^?!tetubZcuIa of the Uchencs tuberculati have been first scutelU; 

 scutell* of the Lichens, he is persuaded, are capsules of the seed and ha the • " 6e ™< The ^ rf L;c/ie . r ciKar£ , he believes to 



in which opinion every one who has studied this genus of p an s w, 1 probaWy agree w t ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ 



be roots; probably those of many other spec.es wh.ch resemble it are so likewise. H.s 

 of Harvey was ' Omne animal ex ouo.' " Dr. Smith. 



. In the Rev. Mr. Tow^s - Journey through Spain," a work replete with ^ ^^^ '^ "* * ^ ** 

 perf^y ^depended. poo. speaking of these mules, he enteKnln. ^ -Uh ^^^^ ^ hunt , of which there are four 



« I prolonged my stay at the Escurial, chiefly for the purpose of being present a : tne 

 everyyefr. TL«^^rfj™b^^^ iBtaiite who , „ representing one of the 

 « On the day appointed, Mr. Listen had the goodness to pta« me w, h P ^^ ft wa$ ^ ^.^ p , ain> h 





