460 VEGETABLE IMPREGNATION. NoTE XXXVII.

cConjoined with the egg, is not yet determined, though the latter ſeems more probable from the frequent reſem- blance of the foetus to the male parent. A conjunction however of both the male and female influence ſeems neceſlary for the purpoſe of reproduttion throughout all organized nature, as well in hermaphrodite inſe&ts, microſcopic animals, and polypi, and exiſts as well in the formation of the buds of vegetables as in the production of their ſeeds, which is ingeniouſly conceived and ex» plained by Linneus. After having compared the Bower to the larva of a butterfly, conſiſting of petals inſtead af wings, Calyxes inſtead of wing-ſMeaths, with the organs of reproduction, and having ſhewn the uſe of the farina in fecundating the egg or ſeed, he proceeds to explain the production of the bud. The calyx of a ower, he ſays, 1s an expanſion of the outer bark, the petals proceed from the inner bark or rind, the(tkamens from the alburnum or woody circle, and the ſtyle from the pith. In the pro- duction and impregnation of the ſeed a commixture of the ſecretions of the Namens and ſtyle are neceſſary; and for the production of a bud he thinks the medulla or pith burſts its integuments and mixes with the woody part or alburnum, and theſe forcing their paſſage through the rind and bark conſtitute the bud or viviparous progeny af the vegetable. Syſtem of Vegertables tranſlated from Linneus, p. 8.

It has been ſuppoſed that the embryon vegetable after fecundation, by its living aetivity or ſtimulus exerted on the veſſels of the parent plant, may produce the fruit or leed-lobes, as the animal foetus produces its placenta, and

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