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lavater’s 
Inftead of piftils, and a ftamlna of flowers, the mate 
kind of this herb produces nothing but dufl:. A 
naturalifl; has, however, difcovered the female with 
feeds in fliells properly preferved. 
Fern has generally long leaves, like a plume of 
feathers, rolled up in a fpiral form till they flioot 
out, being covered with fliells or pods, and produc- 
ing grain on the back part of each leaf, as in the 
polypode, or on particular blades, as in the ofmonde. 
Corn, fuch as wheat and barley, grows on hollow 
ftalks, each knotted, and bearing: a fliell for grain, 
found at the bottom of a covered chalice. They 
have generally three ftamina. 
The palm is of a cylindrical form, terminating at 
top in a tuft of lively-coloured leaves, parting from 
the centre, and never dropping till others have 
grown in their place. The plants of this family 
are dioiqueSy or monoiqucs. 
The flower-de-luce has a coloured chalice, or 
cup, with fix rows, and ftamina; a pod in three 
divifions, with alternate leaves on the ftalk, form- 
ing a flieath at bottom, with fliells for the feed 
opening above. 
The daffodil has fix ftamina, like the lily, but 
differs from that fpecies, in having the ovarium for 
feed below. 
The iris has only three ftamina, and is like the 
daffodil in other elfential parts. , 
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