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POD. LEGU MEN. 



EDWARD. 



Is it not a pod ? It is something like the seed- 

 vessel of the wall-flower, and is full of little seeds. 



MOTHER. 



It is something like a pod; but there is a remark- 

 able difference, which you must remember. In the 

 seed-vessel of the wall-flower, you recollect, there 

 was a partition between the two outer shells ; on 

 both sides of which the seeds were arranged, being 

 fixed alternately to different edges : but in this 

 seed-vessel (and you will see the same thing more 

 plainly in the common pea), there is no partition. 

 All the seeds are fastened to one of the seams ; but 

 in such a manner, that when the seed-vessel is 

 opened, they lie, alternately, in the two shells. I 

 have made a drawing to explain this to you more 

 distinctly. 



Legu'men. 



Legu'men opened. 



