VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 5, 



9. FUNGUSSES. Vagabonds, Plants of tke Autumn, Barba- 

 rous, Naked, putrcfcent, rapacious, voracious. Thefe 

 at the Fall of the Leaf are fupported by.the recrements of other 

 plants. 



5. TEXTURE of vegetables confifh of Fluid-bearing Veffels, 



AlrVefjeh, 

 Secretory Rcfervolrs. 



6. SUBSTANCE of vegetables, which, covers their Pith, confifts of 



a Cuticle externally covering the Bark •> which bark depofits 

 on its interior fide the Rind; which is converted annually into 

 rigid Wood. 



7. The principal PARTS of vegetables are three : 



Root defcendjng, abforbing moifture, nourljhlng. 

 Herb afcending, breathing the air, moving. 

 Fructification expanding, inhaling ether, producing feeds* 



8. ROOT, inferted into the moift earth, puts forth capillary-£<js£- 



lets, often joining above into a folid Stock descending beneath the 

 earth, or even afcending above the earth. 



9,. HERB annual, committed to the air, confifts of the FIybernacle y 

 Trunk, Leaf, Prop : 



Hybernacle a compendium of the whole Plant, fcaly: 

 Bulb from the bafes of the paft leaves. 

 Bud from the rudiments of the futureleaves. 



10. TRUNK, elevating the Herb and the Fructification, ( the 



Branches are Parts of the Trunk) is either 



Stem «//^ Herb leafy. 



Culm of Grafs: often knotted with empty joints. 

 Scape of the Root leaflefs, flower-bearing. 

 Peduncle a flower-bearing Branch of theftem. 

 Petiole a leaf-bearing branch, proper to the leaf. 

 Stipe not diftincT: from the Leaf: in Palms and Ferns. 



11. LEAF expanding its furface to the air, waving, often on a 



petiole. 



Leaflet a part of a compound Leaf. 



Frond a Leaf made from a ftipe : in Palms and Ferns, 



i2. PROP 



