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1228 ANINTRODUCTION 
the Top. The Legumen opens at the ups 
per Suture. 5 
SEEDS—A few, roundifh, fmooth, 
flefhy, pendulous, marked with an Embrio 
that is a little, prominent towards the Point 
ofInfertion. Whenthe Ova* are hatched, 
the Cotyledons + preferve the Form of the 
halved Seed. . 
-RECEPTACLE—The proper Recepta- 
cles of the Seeds are very {mall, very thort, 
thinner towards the Eafe, obtufe at the Difk 
that faftens them, oblong, inferted longitu- 
dinally in the upper Suture of the Legumen 
only, but placed alternate; fo that when the 
Valvulz have been parted, the Seeds adhere 
alternately to each of the Valves. 
The ordinary Situation of the Flowers is 
obliquely pendulous ; that is, at, an acute 
Angle from the Perpendicular. The Orders 
are four, viz. 
Orver I. PENT ANDRIAZ, compre- 
hending fuch Plants as have /frve Stamina. 
* Eggs, meaning the Seeds themfelves, which anfwer 
to the Eggs of Animals, and are as it were hatched when 
the Corculum, or firft Principle of the new t lant begins 
to ftrike Root and vegetate. See Part I. Chap. 7. 
+ Side Leaves of the Seed. See Part I. Chap. 7. The 
two Seed Leaves, which firft appear above Ground, are 
thefe very Cotylecons, which are brought up with the 
Plant after the Corculum has {truck ; and itis thefe Seed 
Leaves that are here fpoken of. 
