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tals? ME. KO eReCGL dated. We may reaſon upon this by obſerving, that all this ap- paratus might have been ſpared, if the filaments alone had grown longer; and that thence in. theſe flowers that the filaments are the moſt unchangeable parts; and that thence their comparative length, in EE to the ſtyle, would afford a moſt permanent

mark of their generic character.

Curcuma. 1. 65. Turmeric- One male and one female in- habit this flower; but there are beſides four imperfeC& males, or filaments without anthers upon them, called by Linneus eu- nuchs. The flax of our country has ten filaments, and but five of them are terminated with anthers; the Portugal flax has ten perfe& males or ſtamens; the Verbena of our country has four males; that of Sweden has but two; the genus Albuca, the Bignonia Catalpa, Gratiola, and hemlock leaved Gefanium, have only half their filaments crowned with anthers. In like

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