Of Flowers . 2S3 
Flowers, whofe petala are ftrong (as tulips), have no 
calyx; carnations, whofe petala are long and {lender, 
have an empalement of one piece; and others as knap¬ 
weeds, have it confifting in feveral pieces, and in divers 
rounds, and all with a counterchangeable refpetft to each, 
other, for the greater ftrength and fecurity of themfelves 
and the petala, &c. they include. 
The next is the foliation, as Dr. Grew, the petala, 
or folia, as Mr. Ray, and others; in thefe, not only 
the admirable beauty, and luxuriant colours are ob- 
fervable, but alfo their curious foldings, in the calx be-, 
fore their expanfion, of which Dr. Grew hath thefe 
varieties, viz. the clofe couch, as in rofes, and feveral 
other double flowers; the concave-couch, as in blataria ; 
flora albo, the Angle plait, as in peafe-blofioms; the 
double plait, as in blew-bottles, &c. the couch and plait 
together, as in marigolds, daizes, &c. the rowl, as in 
lady bower; the fpire, as in mallows; and laftly, the 
plait and fpire together, as in convolvulus doronici folio. 
As to the ftamina with their apices and ftylus (called 
the attire by Dr. Grew) they are admirable, whether we 
conflder their colours, or their make, but efpecially their 
ufe, if it be as Dr. Grew, Mr. Ray, and others imagine, 
namely, as a male fperm, to impregnate and fruftify the 
feed; which opinion is corroborated by the ingenious ob- 
fervations of Mr. Samuel Moreland, viz. 
All flowers, in general, or at leaft the greateft part of 
them, are furnifhed with chives, tops, and piftils. 
The farina, or fine mealy powder, which is at its proper 
feafon fhed out of thofe thecas or apices; feminiformes 
which grow at the top of the ftamina, do in fome mea- 
fure perform the office of a femen mafculinum, by drop- 
ping upon the outfide of the uterus or vafculum feminale, 
and impregnate the included feed, &c, But Dr. More¬ 
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