44 AN INTRODUCTION 
In refpeét to the Number of Loculaments 
of the Seed itfelf, it has but one in moft 
Plants; but is Bz/ocular, with two Cells, in 
Cornus, Xanthium, Locufia, Valeriana, and 
Cordia. 
In refpe& to its FIGURE, it is either 
Cin, girt, as in Arenaria and Bryonia; 
Cordiform, Heart-fhaped, as in Medeola; 
Reniform, Kidney-fhaped, as in Anacardium 
and Phafeolus; Ovate*, Egg-/haped, as in 
Polygala and Jfatis ; or Echinate, prickly like 
an Echinus or Hedge-hog, as in Lappula, 
a Species of Myo/otis. 
In refpe&t to their SUBSTANCE, they 
are Offeous, bony, as in Corylus, Lithofper- 
mum, and Nuts of all Kinds; or Callous, tough ; 
as in Citrus. 
The CORONULA, Jittle Crown, that at- 
tends many Seeds, is either Calycu/us, a fmall 
Calyx formed of the Perianthium of the 
Flower, as in Scabiofa, Knautia, Ageratum, 
and Aréotis; or Pappus, a Down; and this 
Pappus is either Capillary, like a Hair, that 
is fimple and filiform ; Thread-fhaped, asin 
* The Term Ovate is ufed to exprefs an elliptical Fi- 
gure when it is broader at one End than the other ; and 
the Term Oval for the fame Fignre, when the Ends are 
alike. 
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