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Rudiments of two hinder wings are ſeen in the claſs Diptera, or two-winged inſe&ts. Teats of male animals. Fila- ments without anthers in Curcuma, Linum,&c. and ſtyles without ftigmas in many plants, fhew the advance

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Cedar and Cyprus unperiſhable......e»+o+--eveveev- Anthoxanthum gives the fragrant ſcent to hay...+.».+---- Viviparous plants: the Aphis is viviparous in ſummer, and OVIPATOUS IN AUTUMN«oe aooboebebeeeeeeee eee ene Irritability of the tamen of the plants of the claſs Synge- nefia, or Confederate males.......»»-»->--->-..-..-.»»

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Males approach the female in Gloriofa, Fritillaria, and WENGE SES SS USE GERA ARI DINGE MEINE Contrivances to deſtroy inſe&s in Silene, Dionza muſcipula, Arum muſcivorum, Dypſfacus,&&C..«.+---»»-«»+--.-- Some bell-flowers cloſe at night; others hang the mouths downwards; others nod and turn from the wind; famens bound down to the piſtil in Amaryllis formoſiſhma; piſtil

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