DESCRIPTIVE NOMENCLATURE. 275 



and name, farther, its product; and that not so 

 much as the germ of its own future descendant 

 flower, but as a separate substance which it is 

 appointed to form, partly to its own detriment, 

 for the sake of higher creatures. This product 

 consists essentially of two parts: the Seed and its 

 Husk. 



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I. The Seed.— Defined 244 



It consists, in its perfect form, of three parts . 246 



These three parts are not yet determinately 

 named in the text: but I give now the names 

 which will be usually attached to them. 



A. The Sacque. — The outside skin of a seed 245 



B. The Nutrine. — A word which I coin, for 



general applicability, whether to the 

 farina of corn, the substance of a 

 nut, or the parts that become the first 

 leaves in a bean 245 



C. The Germ. — The origin of the root . . 245 



II. The Husk.— Defined 246 



Consists, like the seed when in perfect form, 



of three parts. 



A. The Skin. — The outer envelope of all 



the seed structures 247 



B. The Rind. — The central body of the 



Hu sk 247—261 



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