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part no lefs important than the Stamen is the 
Piftil, as it contains the feed which receives 
it's fertilization from this dull:. The Piftil 
alfo confifts of three parts, the Germe, the 
Style, and the Stigma. Germe is the term. 
Tor that part which contains the feeds in their 
embrvon ftate; when mature, the fame part 
takes the name of Pericarp. The Style is that 
fmall pillar which grows from the Germe, the 
top of which is the Stigma. The Stigma is 
a part of great importance, as it receives the 
Duft of the Anthers, and conveys it's eflencc 
through the fine velTels of the Style to the 
feed contained in the Germe. Indeed the An- 
ther and Stigma are by Linneus efteemed the 
effential parts of a flower, and in the Ariel 
language of botany they conftitute one ; thefe 
parts being prefent are fufficient to the pro- 
duction of fruit ; without them there can be 
none: the prefence of the Stigma implies that 
of the Germe, as the prefence of the Anther 
does that of the Dull:. There is, however, 
another part, which the inveftigations of a late 
celebrated philofopher feem to make of equal 
importance; this is the Nectary. From his 
obfervations it appears, that the honey con- 
tained in this part is intended by nature for 
the 
