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Two brother ſwains, of CoLLIN's gentle name, The fame their features, and their forms the lame, With rival love for fair COLLINI1A ſigh,

Knit the dark brow, and roll the unſteady eye. With ſweet concern the pitying beauty mourns,

And ſooths with ſmiles the jealous pair by turns.

Sweet blooms GENISTA in the myrtle ſhade,

And /en fond brothers woo the haughty maid.

Collinſonia. 1. 51. Two males one female. TJ have lately obſerved a very Ningular circumſtance in this flower; the two males ſtand widely diverging from each other, and the female bends herſelf into conta& firſt with one of them, and aſter ſome time leaves this and applies herſelf to the other. It is probable one of the anthers may be mature before the other. See note on

Glorioſa, and Geniſta. The females in Nigella, devil in the buſh, are very tall compared to the males: and bending over in a circle to them, give the flower ſome reſemblance to a regal crown. Ihe female of the Epilobium Auguſtifolium, roſe bay» -

willow herb, bends down amongſt the males for ſeveral days

and becomes upright again when impregnated,

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Geniſia. 1. 57. Dyer's broom. Ten males and one female

inhabit this lower. The males are generally united at the

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