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was under the necessity of leaving this order as an ap- 
pendix to his system, till it could be better investigated. 
Late observations show Palms to have, for the most 
part, six stamens, rarely three or nine, with three or six 
petals, and one or three styles, which last are some- 
times in the same flowers with the stamens, sometimes 
n a separate one, but both flowers agree in a peculiar 
>tructure, which evinces how discordant must be an arti- 
^cial from a natural arrangement ; to use the words 
)f an old botanist, professor Martyn, *' he must strive 
n vain, who shall ever think to reconcile the two toge- 
her/' 
