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( ni ) 
which cafe it frequently happens that fome 
of the florets are deficient in either the fra- 
me ns or piftils, and thence do not all produce 
feeds ; from which circumftance Linneus has 
termed them abortive, as he has called thofe 
umbels fertile, the florets of which are all 
productive of feeds. The term flofculous, 
made ufe of in defcribing the compound 
flowers, marks thofe that have all their florets 
tubular, applied to the umbelled plants of 
Pentandria Digy'nia. It fignifies thofe um- 
bels, the florets of w hich are all of the fame 
fize. The term uniform is made ufe of in 
the Genera Plantarum to mark thofe flowers 
which are callefd flofculous in the Syftem of 
Vegetables. Not uniform is applied to thofe 
termed radiate. The form of the feeds is 
alfo a circumftance to be attended to in the 
difcrimination of the fpecies of thefe flowers ; 
and both feeds and flowers may generally be 
found at the fame time in a proper ftate 
for inveftigation. The fcandix peclen, fliep* 
herd's needle, is diftinguifhed by the very 
long beak with which the feeds are fur- 
nilhed. A fpecimen of the radiate flowers 
may be feen in this genus, the florets of the 
difk 
