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the parts of fructification, which maybe efteem- 
ed the alphabet of botany* and by the ftudy 
of which alphabet we may learn to read the 
genera. He enumerates 26 marks or letters; 
the firft fix are taken from the calyx, ift, 
the Involucre ; 3d, theSpathe; 3d, the Pe- 
rianth ; 4th, the Ament • 5th, the Glume ; 
6th, the Calyptre ; three from the corol, the 
Tube and Claws, forming the 7th character ; 
the Border the 8th ; and the Nectary the 9th, 
The ftamens afford two marks, ioth, the Fila- 
ments, nth, the Anthers. The piftil three; 
I zth, the Germe; 13th, the Style ; 14th, the 
Stigma. From the Pericarp are derived 
feven ; 15th, the Capfule ; i6th^ the Silique; 
17th, the Legume; 18th, the Nut; 19th > 
the Drupe; 50th, the Berry; 21ft, the Pome. 
From the feed are taken two ; the Seed itfelf 
the 2 2d mark ; and the Crown the 23d. The 
Receptacle of the Fructification makes the 
54th ; the Receptacle of the Flower the 25th ; 
and that of the fruit the 26th, which com- 
pletes the alphabet. Thefe two kinds of re- 
ceptacles may require fome explanation. The 
receptacle is that of the /notification , when it 
contains the corol, the ftamens, the piftils, 
and the germe, which belong to one flower. 
Wher* 
