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larger, and the Segments only fmall Fila- 
ments or LacinUy the Seed Veflel is quire 
of a different Strudfure ; the tubulated 
Parc of the Flower bears a much greater 
Proportion to the Segments in Length, and 
the Colour of it is rather green than white ; 
the Segments are differently fliap’d, and 
the Number of them much more various 
and uncertain. In fine, the Staminay A- 
fices and Stylus have almofi; nothing in com- 
mon in the two Flowers, fave only that 
they are defign’d for the fame Ends. 
f^olkamerus had an Opportunity of exa- 
mining this Flower in Germanjy and he has 
obferv’d about it. That it is of the perfedf 
Kind ; fin Oppofition, I fuppofe, to thofe 
which Botanifts term ftamineous Flowers, 
called by M. Vaillant incomplete, or im- 
perfed;) that it is extremely beautiful, 
and of a ftrong and agreeable Smell ; that 
it is of the monopetalous Kind, arifing by 
a long Tube, and afterwards parted into 
five Segments ; of a white Colour, and 
very large. Upon all which Accounts, 
and others likewife taken from the Fruit, 
he concludes that Commelinus was very 
much in the right to make it a Species 
of Jeffamin. 
Thefe Obfervations relate only to the 
Peta'um’y but Mr. Bradley, who knew ve- 
ry well that the other Parts of which 
Flowers confift are in a philofophical Senfe 
the moft effential Parts of them, has not 
fuffer’d thefe to pafs unregarded. ‘The 
‘ Flowers, fays he, put forth in Clufters 
* at the Joints, towards the Extremities of 
‘ the Branches, and are in Figure, Size and 
‘ Colour, the fame with thofe of the com- 
‘ mon Jeffamin, with the Addition only 
‘ of five ytWow Apices, which hang loofely 
‘ on the Top of the Flower, and a Style 
‘ which projeds near half an Inch above 
‘ it. The Smell of the Flower, he adds, 
‘ is faint, and not worth our Notice. 
In his other Writings, he ftill infifts up- 
on the Likenefs of this Flower to the Jef- 
famin ; and in the lateft of them he tells 
us, ‘ thatevery Day confirms him more and 
‘ more that the Coffee Plant is of this Tribe. 
About the Time of flowering he has 
likewife obferv’d, that in the Amflerdam 
Garden it begins in Julyy and lafts till Oc- 
tober. 
Monf. De Jujfieu deferibes the Flowers 
in this Manner: * From the AU of moft 
‘ of the Leaves anfe the Flowers, fome- 
‘ times five in Number, with Ihort Foot- 
‘ Stalks. They are all white, of one Piece, 
‘ and of ’equal Bignefs, very much like 
* to thofe of the SpaniJJ] Jeffamin, only that 
‘ the T ube is fhorter, and the Segments 
* not fo broad; the Stamina five in Num- 
* ber, whereas our Jeffamins have but two. 
‘ Thefe Stamina rife above the tubulous 
‘ Part of the Flower, and furround a forked 
‘ Stylus fituated upon the Embrio of the 
‘ Fruit or Pijlillumy which lies within the 
* Calix. The is green, divided into 
‘ four pointed Segments, the oppofite Pairs 
‘ of which are unequal in Size. Thefe 
‘ Flowers have a very pleafant Smell, but 
‘ are of very fliort Duration. 
La Roqucy very much to the fame Pur- 
pofe, acquaints us that ‘ the Flowers are 
‘ white, very like the Jeffamin, confifting 
‘ of five little fhort Leaves (feuillcs) their 
‘ Smell is very agreeable, with fomething 
‘ balfamick in it; but theTafte is bitter. 
‘ They arife from the Place where the Foot- , 
‘ Stalks of the Leaves are joined to the 
‘ Branches./ 
‘ In almoft all Seafons of the Year, 
continues this Author, ‘ there are Trees 
‘ to be feen in Flower in Arabia; but in 
‘ that Plant which he faw zt Paris, fome of 
‘ the Flowers were in bloffom only, others 
‘ perfedly blown in the beginning of Sep»^ 
‘ tember. 
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