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* “ore audacious than this Writer j he often qiiar- 
2 rcls wit ^ good Authors, and obtrudes upon them 
/ long fince dead, arbitrary Definitions propofcd by 
( \ himlelf. The Synonymes of his Plants, and the 
Definitions of his Species, are very much confufed : 
2 takes, with the utmoft Impudence, the Names 
2 Vrilfant and Tournefort, but with ridiculous 
Alterations. Befides, to my great Abhorrence he 
2 lnlerts a very great Number of Plants molt ccr- 
tain ly Exotic, as growing about Tarts j and, left 
an y thm § Should be wanting to fpoil this Work, 
- th e typographical Errors are infinite/' 
Before I give an Account of our Author's Syftem of 
Botany, it will be neceffary to mention the different 
Parts of Plants, from which other Authors have 
formed theirs. Conrad Gefner was the firft who dif- 
covered, that Plants might be diftinguilhed into Ge- 
nera from their different manner of bearing Fruit, as 
appears by his pofthumous Letters publifhed by Ca- 
merarius ; but Cefalpinus firft reduced it into Prac- 
tice. Cefalpinus , I fay, Ray , Herman , whofe Plan 
is much improved by Boerhaave , and Knaut’s Sv- 
ftems are formed from the Fruit , Tournefortf from 
the Figure of the Flower $ Rivinuss , which is fol- 
lowed by Ruppius, from the Number and Equality 
of the Petals 5 Magnolf from the Calyx ; Linneusl 
irom the Stamina , Tiftillum . , and Sex of the Flower • 
an <J rvr Author, his Principally from the Number 
and Difpofinon of the Stamina , and likewife from 
the manner of Fruiting, f have, at the End of this 
abridged it according to the Order of the 
GiaJJes > Genera , , and Species* 
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