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blue and white beads ftrung upon wire. The 
generic characters of paffiflora, given by Lin- 
neus, do not agree with many of the fpecies ; 
and it admits of fome doubt whether the 
ftamens can be properly faid to grow on the 
germe. Perhaps the fmall pillar, to which 
both the ftamens and germe adhere, might, 
with more propriety, be elteemed a recep- 
tacle. Linneus calls this pillar a ltyle ; but, 
if it be one, we are at a lofs to know what 
part of the flower thefe three apparent flyles, 
with their ftigmas, muft be called, and to 
which he alfo gives the name of ftyles. This 
is one of the few genera that we find not 
juftly defcribed. 
It is not an eafy matter to obtain a diftinct 
idea of the parts of fructification of the orchis 
tribe; a peculiarity of ftructure runs through 
the whole of them, fo different from what 
we commonly meet with in other plants, as 
to make them well worth inveftigating. I 
have given, in Plate the Firft of the Second 
Part of this Work, an engraving of a fingle 
flower of the early fpotted orchis on it's pe- 
duncle, with it's bract or floral leaf, in which 
may be feen the t wilted germe, the petals, 
the lip, and form of the nectary, of their 
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