TO BOTANY. 20 
1. That every Vegetable is furnifhed with 
Flower and Fruit; there being no Species 
where thefe are wanting. 
2. That there isno Fruéfification without 
Anthera, Stigma, and Seed. 
3. That the Anthere and Stigma sonfitute 
a Flower, whether the Covers are prefent or 
wanting. 
4. That the Seed conftitutes a Fruit, whe- 
ther there be a Pericarpium or not. 
In refpeét to the Seed; its Effence confifis 
in the Corcu/um, which is faftened to the Co- 
tyledon, and involved therein, and clofely 
covered with its proper Tunic, 
The F ffence of the Corcu/umconfifts in the 
Plumula; which is the vital Speck of the 
Plant itfelf, extremely {mall in its Dimen- 
fions, but increaiing like a Bud to Infinity. 
The Roftellum however mutt be included, be- 
ing the Bafe of the Plumula, which def- 
cends and {trikes Root, being the Part ori- 
ginally contiguous to the Mother Plant. 
That the Propagines, or Seeds of Moffes, 
confift only of the Plumula and Roftellum, 
has been already fhewn *. 
* See Chap. 7. 
C 3 C HAP. 
