29& OF THE 4LBUMENj, 



neither rises out of the ground, nor per- 

 forms the proper functions o^ ^Cotyledon, 

 for what these plants produce is, from the 

 first, a real leaf ; or, if the plant has no 

 leaves, the rudiment of a stem, as in Cus- 

 cuta. In either case, the part produced is 

 solitary, never in pairs ; hence Gsertner 

 was misled to reckon Cyamus Nelumbo, 

 Eaot, Bot. t.31, 32, among the monocotjle- 

 donous plants, the bod y of its seed remain- 

 ing in the earth, and the leaves springing 

 one at a time from the Embryo, just as in 

 the Date Palm, Wheat, Barley, &c. 



The Seed-lobes of Mosses, according to 

 the observations of Hedwig, Fund, part 2. 

 t. 6, are above all others numerous and sub- 

 divided,/. 19«5j 196, as well as most distinct 

 froan the proper leaves; so that these plants 

 are very improperly placed by authors 

 among such as have no Cotyledons, a mea- 

 sure originating probably in theory and ana- 

 logical reasoning rather than observation. 



Albumen, the White, is a farinaceous, 

 fieshy, or horny substance, which makes up 

 the chief bulk of some seeds, as Grassca^ 



