m AN INTRODUCTION 
CHAP. VI. 
Of th PERICARPIUM. 
WHE PERICARPIUM, Sceed-veffl, is 
the Germen defcribed in the laft Chap- 
ter grown to Maturity. Itis defined by 
Linnezus as an Entrail of the Plant big with 
Seeds, which it difcharges when ripe. 
It is diftinguifhed, according to the Cir- 
’ 
cumftances that attend it, by the following 
Appellations. 
CAPSULA, a Capfule, is a hollow Peri- 
carpium, which cleaves or parts in fome 
determinate Manner. The Inclofure of the 
Capfule, which furrounds and covers the 
Fruit externally, is called aVahule; the 
Partitions, which divide the Capfule into 
fundry Compartments or Cells, Di/eprments; 
the Subftance which paffesthrough the Cap- 
fule, and conneéts the feveral Partitions and 
Seeds, Co/ume/la ; and the Cells, or hollow 
Compartments of the Capfule in which the 
Seeds are lodged, Loculaments. 
SILIQUA, a Pod, is a Pericarpium of 
two Valves, wherein the Seeds are faftened 
along both the Sutures or Joinings of the 
Valves, 
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