6. VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



12. PROP admlniftering to the neceffities of Life : 



Stipule of the Leaves, at their bafe, leafy. 



Bracte of the Flowers, at the bafe of the flowers or pe- 

 duncles, leafy. 



Pubescence cloathing with down. 



Gland feparating a liquor. 



Thorn terminating with a wooden horn. 



Prickle ftretched out like a claw inferted only into the bark. 



Tendril climbing by a thread. 



13. FRUCTIFICATION temporary, at the extremity, expand- 



ing naturally by a fpontaneous metamorphofis, fo that the 

 Internal fubftance appears in the Flower and in the Fruit. 

 Flower confifts of the Calyx, Coral, Stamens, Pijlih. 

 Fruit confifts of the Pericarp pregnant with Seech, which are 

 affixed to the Receptacle. 



14. CALYX the exterior Coveringof the Flower derived from the 



Bark, of which are feven kinds : 

 Volve of a Fungus, torn. 

 Calyptre of Mojs, cowl'd. 

 Spathe of a Palm, fheathed. 

 Glume of Grafs, generally two-valved. 

 Perianth of a Plant, near the corol. 



Involucre of a Plant, remote from the flower, often of an 

 umbel. 



Involucel or partial Involucre. 

 Ament Buddy imbricated, common. 



15. COROL the interior Covering of the Flower derived from the 



Rind. 



Petal membranous : with a Border or Folds. 

 with a Tube or Claws. 



Nectary nectar-bearing proper, producing honey. 



16. STAMEN an external Organ, derived from the Wood; conftitutes 



the Male. 



Filament fuflaining the Anther. 



Anther big with a granulated Dujl ; and this with the 

 Fovilla. 



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