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have the follicle, the kind of vessel in which the Paeony 

 carries its seed, a kind of pod with one lateral opening 

 (fig. F) ; the capsule, exhibited in the Poppy tribe, and in 

 many others (fig. G}, the Lychnis family, for instance, where 

 it is enveloped in the permanent calyx. Then there is the 

 pod, which characterises one great division of the cruciform 

 plants, as the "Wallflower, Cuckoo-flower, &c. (fig. I), and the 



pouch, the seed-vessel of the other class of cruciform plants 

 the Shepherd's Purse, Pepperwort, and Scurvy-grasses, for 

 instance (fig. J). The legume is the mark of a very important 

 tribe, both for number and utility ; our edible Peas and Beans 

 form familiar examples (fig. K). The seeds of the Composite 

 tribe, endowed with a plume, by means of which they are 

 scattered, are very interesting. The "clocks" of the Dandelion 

 are familiar to us all (fig. L). 



