12 GRAMMAR OF 



2. Legume. Apod without a longitudinal partition, with 

 the seeds attached to one suture only, as the pea, &c. 



3. Capsule. That kind of pericarp which opens by 

 valves or pores and becomes dry when ripe, as the pop- 

 py, which opens by pores, and the mullein by valves. 



4. Drupe- That kind of pericarp which consists of a thick 

 fleshy or cartilaginous coat enclosing a nut or stone, 

 as in the cherry, in which it is said to be berry-like, and 

 in the walnut, where it is dry. 



5. Pome. A pulpy pericarp without valves, which con- 

 tains within it a capsule, as apples, quinces, &c. 



6. Berry- A pulpy pericarp enclosing seeds v\ithout any 

 capsule, as currant, grape, cucumber, melon. 



". Strobile. An ament with woody scales, as the fruit of 

 the pine. 



SUBDIVISIONS OF THE SEED. 



1. Cotyledon. The thick fleshy lobes of seeds ; very 

 manifest in beans, whose cotyledons grow out of the 

 ground in the form of two large suculent leaves. Many 

 plants, as Indian corn, wheat, the grasses, &c. have 

 hut one cotyledon. 



2. Corcle. The rudiment of the future plant, always 

 proceeding from the cotyledon : easily distinguished in 

 chesnuts, acorns, &c. 



5. Tegument. The skin or bark of seeds, it separates 

 from pease, beans, Indian corn, &c. on boiling. 



4. Hilum. The external mark or scar on seeds, by which 

 they were affixed to their pericarps. In beans, and the 

 like, it is called the eye. 



SUBDIVISIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE. 



.1. Proper. That which belongs to one flower only. 



2. Common. That which connects several distinct flo- 

 rets, as m the sunflower, daisy, teasel. 



3. Rachis. The filiform receptacle, connecting the flo- 

 rets in a spike, as in the heads of wheat. 



4. Columella. The central column in a capsule to which 

 the seeds are attached. 



5. Spadix. An elongated receptacle proceeding from a 

 spathe, as Indian turnip. 



GENERAL DIVISIONS OF FLOWERS. 

 1. Simple. Having a single flower on a receptacle, as in 

 the quince, tulip, &c. 



