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lo\7 and white, terminating in purple Tops, The 
Tops of the fifth were likewife purplifii. The pe- 
taloid Segments of the fixth were very tender and 
white. The Segments are of an oblong Figure, and 
in the firft Series were terminated with blunt, in the 
others, with more and more pointed Tops. The in- 
ner or fixth Series, which contained thirteen of thefe 
Segments, exhibited all the Edges finely and lightly, 
but irregularly cut and divided. The Ptflillum of 
equal Height with the Surface of the Flower, and hol- 
low like a fmall Tube, ran, at its upper End, into as 
many fine pale Filaments, fpread in the Form of a 
Crown, as there were Segments in the inmoft Row, 
n)iz. thirteen. The Day before the Flower dropped 
from the Ovarium, the Place where it was to fepa- 
rate was marked by a blackilh Circle, at which the 
Tube feparated fpontaneoufly from the Ovarium or 
Matrix^ that is, the Rudiments of the Fruit j the 
Pijiilkm ftill firmly adhering to the Ovarium, The 
Flower^ now fallen, being difieded longitudinally, 
the Origin of the Stamina lay open to the Eye ; 
and it very manifeftly appeared that the petaloid 
Segments of the Flower, far from affording the leaft 
Mark of a natural Partition, ftuck fo very clofe to the 
Tube, that not one of them would quit it without 
tearing it off by Violence. 
The Fruit, though it came not to its full Growth, 
plainly evinced, by Infpedion alone, that it is 
not prickly. Upon Diffedion it afforded a vifcous 
Juice, and within was a certain Cavity, the Sides 
whereof were every where, except at the Bottom, 
thick fet with an innumerable Quantity of fmall Fillu 
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