ANALYSIS OF 
the knowledge of the reprodu&ion of vegetables. Curious 
fa&s of the Polypi genus; 108, Experiments of Monfieur 
Trembley. Hydra, the Linnean name of the Polypi genus. 
Reprodu&ion of Plants from Strings and Suckers, fimilar to 
the increafe of Polypi. Information to be gained of the clafs 
Cryptogamia very fmall. Parts of Fructification not only to 
Be confidered. Experiments founded on analogy may lead to 
important difcoveries. Small progrefs made from thofe which 
prefuppofed a Fructification. 109, Beauty of the Cryptogamia 
Plants in winter. Extraordinary ftructure of Lycoperdon 
Fornicatum. Appendix of Linneus. Plants contained in it 
arranged under the general head of Palms. Singular ftruc- 
ture of thefe plants. Their leaves refemble thofe of Ferns, 
Termed Fronds 5 their Fructification produced on a Spadix, 
1 10, Terms Spathe and Spadix originally applied to Palms only, 
now ufed for other plants, whofe flowers are protruded from 
a Sheath. Cocoa nut, Cocos Nucifera, and Date-tree, Phoe- 
nix Da&ylifera, Palms. Anther-duft of Date -tree, and Pif- 
tacia, faid to retain its virtues more than a year. Great 
height of Cory'pha Umbraculifera. Erroneouily named Cab- 
bage tree. True Cabbage Palm, Areca Oleracea* 111, Ufed 
by the inhabitants of the Weft Indies as a rarity ; fent pickled 
to Europe as fuch. Cutting away the Cabbage Ihoot deftroys 
the tree. i;2, Cabbage obtained from moft of the Palms, 
Breadfruit-tree, Artocarpus Communis, of Fortler. 1 1 3, Has 
born fruit, in Jamaica. Difappointment of Dr. Thunberg, in 
his attempi twenty years ago, to bring Breadfruit-trees from 
Ceylon into Europe. The fruit made ufe of in cookery by 
the rich inhabitants of Ceylon. Fifteen different dimes pre- 
pared from it in Ceylon. The fruit of extenfive benefit to 
the poor. Moke ufe of it as the poor of England do of pota- 
toes. Ufed by the natives of Oraheite in a limple manner. 
114, Two kinds found' in Ceylon; the leaf!' fort without 
feeds, the larger produces great numbers of feeds 5 fize of the 
feeds. Several varieties of the Artocarpus in the South-Sea 
ides, all without feeds 5 this deficiency attributed by Mr. 
For iter 
