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STAMINA. 
T Here are commonly fix Stamina in each Flower, but I remem- 
ber I once obl'crved feven befidcs the Stylus. 
They are all of one Colour, wz. a lighter Scarlet than the Pe- 
taJa, and when they begin to fade, they become fomcthing paler. 
I have already obfcrv’d, that they proceed from the Umbilicus, 
on the infidc of the Petala. 
Their Figure inclines to be round, only two oppofite Sides of 
them are a little deprefled. They are thicker at Bottom than at 
Top, towards which they run gradually tapering. 
The longed two (for they are mod commonly paired) are in fomc 
Flowers two full Inches, in others about one eighth part of an Inch 
lefs. The two fhorted are one Inch and a quarter, and the red, 
between thefe two Extreams. 
CornHtus takes notice, that the Stamina arc fix in Number, that 
they are longer than the Flower Leaves, and of a paler Red. Sex 
fiant in medio Filament foliis longiora, & pallidius Rubentia, 
APICES. 
T H E Apices, Sommets or Pendants are alway equal in Number 
to the Stamina, on whofe pointed Extremities they hang in 
lo eafy and loofc a Manner, as to be moved or fhaken by the lead 
breath of Wind. 
Each of them is feemingly double, having a deep Sulcus or Far- 
row running along their under Side. ' 
Upon their fird appearing after the Flower is blown, and for fome 
Days longer, they are all of a deep Crimlbn, or rather Purple 
Colour. Afterwards they look of a whitilh Grey, which proceeds 
from the Farina f£cundanSy with which they arc then loaded, being 
of that Colour. As this Dud falls off, they begin infenfibly to con. 
trad and fhrink, and become very fmall at lad, and of a black Colour. 
When 
