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seeds furnished with a capsule, as Epilo- 

 biam t. 1177? Asclepias, Cynanchum, &c, 

 Gar til. t. 117, as well as for a similar 

 appendage to the base or sides of any 

 seeds, as Satis, Engl. Bot. t. 183, 1403, 

 Eriophorum, t. 873, &c, neither of which 

 can originate from a Calyx. For the 

 former of these Gaertner adopts the term 

 Coma, for the latter Pubes, which last also 

 serves for any downiness or wool about the 

 Testa of a seed, as in the Cotton plant, 

 and Blandfordia nobilis, Exot. Bot. t. 4. 



Cauda, a Tail, is an elongated, generally 

 feathery, appendage to some Seeds, formed 

 from the permanent style, as in Clematis, 

 Engl. Bot. t. 612, Dryas, t. 451, Geum, 

 t. 1400. 



Rostrum, a Beak, mostly applies to some 

 elongation of a Seed-vessel, originating 

 likewise from the permanent style, as in 

 Geranium, t. 272, Helkborus, t. 200, 

 though it is also used for naked seeds, as 

 Scandix, t. 1397- 



Ala, a Wing, is a dilated i a 



