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pearance of the ftamens and piftils fo much re- 
ferable thofe of all the one-brotherhood flowers* 
that, without very nice examination, the 
want of union at the bafe is not eafily difco- 
verede Four of our Britilh fpecies of gera- 
nium ought now to be arranged under the 
genus Erodium, only five of their anthers 
bearing ftamens; thefe are the ciculaniurrv 
the pimpinellifolium, the mofchatum, and the 
maritimum. 
Dr. Smith, in his agreeable and ufeful pub- 
lication of englifh botany, has thrown much- 
light upon the genus Geranium. He has 
Ihown us that the aril of the feeds varies lb 
much in the different fpecies that a better 
mark of diftindiion cannot be had recourfe 
to. His elegant and truly fcientific work 
fhould be in the hands of all young botanifts 
who are defirous of becoming acquainted 
with the plants of their own country. In the 
clafs Syngenefia, united anthers, the form of 
the corol of the feparate florets, or the manner 
in w T hich they are placed on their common 
receptacle, are the marks by which the dif- 
ferent orders are divided. By tracing fome 
of the larger flowers to their genera the me- 
thod of ftudying this intricate clafs will be 
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