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attending it's mode of inflorefcence. The 
veronica, common fpeedwell, belongs to the 
clafs Diandria and order Monogynia. Moft 
of the graffes may be found in Triandria, 
three ftamens, but are of a ftructure too diffi- 
cult for the inveftigation of the young bo- 
tanift. Crocus is a good fpecimen of the clafs 
Triandria, but not fo eafily referred by it's 
characters to the order Monogynia, the deep 
diviiions of the ftigma giving the appearance 
of three piftils ; if, however, the parts of fruc- 
tification are feparated, to do which the root 
muft be taken out of the ground, one very 
long piftil within the tube of the corol will 
be found. The common plaintain (plantago) 
may be referred to the clafs Tetrandria and 
order Monogynia, four ftamens, one piftil, 
without much difficulty, if examined before 
the anthers are arrived at maturity. Several 
flowers of the fame kind fhould be collecT:e4 
at their different periods of growth ; and it 
muft be remembered, that the four ftamens 
muft be of equal heights to give the flower a 
place in the clafs Tetrandria. In the flowers 
of plaintain the anthers are placed upon very 
long flender filaments, which, previous to th$ 
maturity of the anthers, lie clofely ctoubled 
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