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tion being given to the flower, and is called 
The anthera. 
This anthera contains the male duft, 
which when ripe is fcattered about by every 
breath of air, and what happens to fall on 
the ftigma, or upper part of the piftil, is 
fuppofed to enter thro’ the ftyle into the 
germ, and there impregnate the feed. 
This plant is called an hermaphrodite, 
becaufe the male and female organs ©^ge- 
neration, are contained within one flower* 
Moft plants are hermaphrodites, like this, 
and have fome thing analogous to what 
i have defer ibed above. Some plants have 
the male and female parts feparate on the 
fame individual ; others have male parts 
on one- plant and* female on another. 
The part of the flower, that contains ho- 
ney is called 
The neeftary. 
Only a few plants have this part, the 
liliy 5 has it but as the knowledge of it is 
not neceflary for underftanding the follow- 
ing pieces, i (hall not trouble the reader 
with a defeription of it. 
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