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appendage to Seeds, as in Emboihrium? 

 Bot. of N* HolL t. 7? Banksia, Concilium. 

 Blgnonia echinata, Garin. t. 52, Bhutan- 

 thus, Engl. Bot. t. 657, serving to waft 

 them along in the air. Gaertner wished to 

 confine this term to a membranous expan- 

 sion of the top or upper edge of a Seed or 

 Seed-vessel, using mar go membranaceus 

 for one that surrounds the whole, but he 

 has not adhered to it in practice. Cap- 

 sules are sometimes furnished with one 

 wing, as the Ash, oftener with several, as 

 TIalesia, Acer, Begonia, &c. In Seeds 

 the Wing is commonly solitary, except 

 some Umbelliferous plants, as Thapsia, 

 Gccrtn. t.21. 



Seeds are occasionally furnished with 

 Spines, Hooks, Scales, Crested appendages, 

 particularly a little gland-like part near 

 the Scar, sometimes denominated Stro- 

 phiolum, as in Asarum, Gccrtn. t. 14, 

 Bossuea, Ventenat. J arch cle Ctls. t. 7, 

 Platylobium, Bot. of N. HolL t. 6, Vleos, 

 Spariium, Sec. In general however smooth- 

 ness is characteristic of a seed, by which 

 it best makes its way into the soft earth, 



