same individual, without any

hermaphrodites.

mixture of

Monogynia. The name of the first order in each of the thirteen first classes of the Linnæan system; comprehending such plants as have no pistil, or stigma only, in a flower. Monophyllum.-A monophyllus, or one-leafed

perianth. All in one; if cut, not separated to the base.

Octandria. The name of the eighth class in

the Linnæan system; comprehending those plants which have hermaphrodite flowers with eight stamens.

Pentagynia. Comprehends those plants which have five pistils in a hermaphrodite flower.

Pentandria.-The name of the fifth class in

Linnæus's system; comprehending those plants which have hermaphrodite flowers with five stamens.

Pistillum. - Pistil or pointal; a viscus or

organ adhering to the fruit, for the reception of the pollen. It is the fourth part of the fructification. Its appearance is that of a column, or set of columns, in the centre of the flower; and when perfect, it consists of three parts,-1st. Ger

men, germ or ovary; 2d. Stylus, the style; 3d. Stigma.

Petalum.-A petal: the corollaceous integument of the flower.

Polyandria. The name of the thirteenth class in the Linnæan system; comprehending those plants which bear hermaphrodite flowers with many stamens (from twenty to a thousand) growing single on the receptacle.

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Polyadelphia. The name of the eighteenth

class in the Linnæan system; comprehending those plants which bear hermaphrodite flowers with three or more sets of united stamens.

Polygamia. The name of the twenty-third class in the Linnæan system; comprehending those plants which bear hermaphrodite flowers, accompanied with male or female flowers, or both; not inclosed within the same common calyx, but scattered either on the same plant, or on two, or on three distinct individuals : whence the three orders of this class,1. Monacia, 2. Diæcia, 3. Triacia. Polygynia.--The name of one of the orders in the fifth, sixth, twelfth, and thirteenth classes in the Linnæan system; compre

hending those plants which have flowers with many pistils.

Ribes. See currant-tree.

Receptaculum.-A receptacle; the base by which the other parts of the fructification are connected.

Stamen. An organ, or viscus, for the preparation of the pollen; and formed from the wood. It is the third in the fructification, and consists of the filament and anther.

Syngenesia. The name of the nineteenth class in Linnæus's artificial system; comprehending those plants which have the anthers united into a cylinder.

The following anecdote, as related by Ray, will prove how necessary it is for all classes of men to be in some measure acquainted with botany: the counsellor who would be a judge, the student who would be a pleader, the juryman who would give an honest verdict, and the defendant who would gain his cause, will, in this instance, see the importance of botanical information.

"Baal, who was a gardener at Brentford, in Middlesex, having cultivated a remarkable fine cabbage, sold a large quantity of the seeds to several gardeners about the

suburbs of London. They committed them to the ground after the usual manner; but instead of the sort Baal had made them believe would spring up, they proved to be chiefly the brassica longifolia, instead of the florida. His incensed customers, in a body, instantly commenced, in Westminster Hall, a prosecution against him. The unfortunate man being unable to prove his innocence before the judges, the Court found him guilty of fraud; and he was condemned, not only to restore the price given for the seeds, but was likewise obliged to pay each gardener for the loss of time, and for the ground that had been uselessly occupied. His character and circumstances were consequently ruined; which impaired his health, and caused him to pay an untimely debt to nature. Had the judges been at all apprised of the sexual hypothesis, or had this honest man known, from careful observation, the use of the farina in rendering the pistillum productive, Baal would not have been found guilty of a crime, but the accident would have been attributed to the true cause, the fortuitous impregnation of the brassica florida by the farina of the brassica longifolia growing in the neighbourhood."

FINIS.