of Vegetables. 

 This curious Particular of Natu- 

 ral Hiftory, which I difcovered fome 

 time ago, may, I doubt not, be much 

 more illuftrated in lime, particular- 

 ly, if the Farina foscundans of any 

 one Vegetable fhould offer itfelf, 

 which being as large, or near as 

 large in Proportion to that com- 

 monly found upon Plants, and hi- 

 therto obferved, as the Miit-Veffels 

 of the Calamary are to the Animal- 

 cules in Semine, might afford us 

 Obfervations much more exadt con- 

 cerning the Nature of it, and let 

 us into Secrets attainable at prefent 

 by Conje&ure only in Bodies fo very 

 diminutive, as thefe Globules ufually 

 are. 



At firft, Naturalifts were divided 

 about theUfe of this Farina, or Duft 

 found upon the Stamina of Flowers. 

 Mr. Taumefort took thefe Stamina 

 to be no more than a kind of ex- 

 cretory Dudts, and the Farina an 

 Excrement of the Food of the Fruit, 

 or Embryo- Plant, difcharged by Fil- 

 tration. But Mr. Morland, Mr. Geof- 

 frey, and others found a nobler Ufe 

 for .it, and were of an Opinion, which 



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