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Upright, oppofite to the three large Leaves *, they are 
of a whitilh Colour, inclining to a light Purple, being 
but little above \ of an Inch in Length. 
In thofe Plants that have 7 or more Petala, the Num- 
ber of the Stamina is likewife encreafed to 5, or more. 
JUICES. 
Each of thefe Stamina has its proper Apexy ( Vid. 
Lit. e. e, e, ) which is a peculiar longilh Subftance, 
Handing upright, oppofitc to the larger Flower-Leaves, 
of a Yellow Colour, forked, not unlike the Tongue of 
afmallBird, at the lower End, where it is fixed to the 
Stamen , here likewife it is broadeft, but as it afcends 
it becomes narrower, and its upper Extremity is a little 
crooked, or turned to one Side : It feldom exceeds 
Inch in Length. 
It appears as if it was double, with a longitudinal 
Furrow in the middle, in which Hollow the Stamen 
feems to be faintly continued for fome Space. 
When the Plant is full grown, they are all loaded 
with that Kind of fmall Duft called Farina f oecundans, 
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Called likewife the Vafculum Seminale^ and Piftillum 
by fome. Vid. Lit» f.f. 
It is a particular Body, which arifes from the Top of 
the PedunculuSy ( Fid, Lit, g,) about i of an Inch 
long, or a little more, of a deep White Colour, three 
cornered, and divided into three Loculamentay or Cap- 
fuUy in which the Seeds (which however feldom come 
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