We see still more plainly the obscurity of the subject by turning to plants, among which the standard of intellect is of course quite excluded; and here some botanists rank those plants as highest which have every organ, as sepals, petals, stamens and pistils, fully developed in each flower; whereas other botanists, probably with more truth, look at the plants which have their several organs much modified and reduced in number as the highest.
Gai honen iluntasuna areago ikusten dugu landareez ohartuz, hauetan adimenaren erizpidea erabat kanpo gelditzen baita; eta arlo honetan botanikari batzuek lore bakoitzean organo guztiak, hau da, sepaloak, petaloak, estamineak eta pistiloak guztiz garaturik dituzten landareak sailkatzen dituzte gorengotzat, beste botanikari batzuek, ordea, arrazoi handiagoz ziurrenik, gorengotzat beren organoak oso aldaturik eta kopuruz murrizturik dituzten landareak jotzen dituzten artean.