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MEavDIia S ſoft chains /7ve ſuppliant beaux confeſs,

And hand in hand the laughing belle addreis;

wards, and- the piſtil, or female, continuing.to grow a little taller, is applied to the upper ſtamens. See Glorioſa and Ge- niſla.

AII the plants of this claſs, which have naked ſeeds, are aro- matic. Ihe Marum and Nepeta are particularly delightful tc cats; no other brute animals ſeem delighted with any odours but

thoſe of their food or prey.

Meadia. 1. 61. Dodecatheon, American Cowſlip. Five males and one female. The males, or anthers, touch each other. The uncommon beauty of this fower occaſioned Linneus to give it 4 name ſignifying the twelve heathen gods; and Dr. Mead to aflix his own name t6 it... Ihe piſtil is much longer than the ſtamens, hence the flower-ſtalks have their elegant bend, tliat

k|-+? GE BEE PPS ADE ER the ſtigma may hang downwards to receive the fecundating duſt of the anthers. And the petals are ſo beautitully turned back

EI ARIE M3 CREE I CEMIL 22 TE Ed Ne 2417 to prevent the rain or deW-drops irom 1L1ding down and waihing

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light and air. As ſoon as the ſeeds are formed. it ered&s all the flower-ſtalks to prevent them from falling out, and thus loſes the

beauty of its fgure.[5 this a mechanical effect, or does it indi-

cate a vegetable ſtorge to preſerve its offspring* Dee nete on

Jex, X Gloriola.

In the Meadia, the Borago, Cyclamen, Solanum, and many

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others, the filaments are very ſhort compared with the Kyle

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