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(ECONOMY 
which organs are called anther and ftigmata , 
and that the impregnation is accomplifhed 
within the flower. This impregnation is per- 
formed by means of the duft of the anther# 
falling upon the moift ftigmata^ where the dull 
adheres, is burft, and fends forth a very fub- 
tle matter, which is abforbed by the ftyle , and 
is conveyed down to the rudiment of the feed, 
and thus renders it fertile. When this opera- 
tion is over, the organs of generation wither 
and fall, nay a change in the whole flower en- 
fues. We muff however obferve, that in the 
vegetable kingdom one, and the fame flower does 
not always contain the organs of generation of 
both fexes, but oftentimes the male organs are 
on one plant , and the female on another. But 
that the bufinefs of impregnation may go on 
fuccefsfuliy, and that no plant may be de- 
prived of the neceflary dull:, the whole moft 
elegant apparatus of the anther# and ftigmata 
in every flower is contrived with wonderful 
wifdom. 
For in mofi flov/ers the ftapiina furround 
the piftills , and are about the fame height ; 
but there are many plants , in which the pi- 
ftill is longer than the ftamina , and in thefe 
it is wonderful! to obferve, that the Creator 
has 
