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CH ABs Lx: 
Of the HyYBERNACULA of Plants. 
HE HYBERNACULUM, Winter- 
lodge, is that Part of a Plant which 
inclofes and protects the Embryo or future 
Shoot from external Injuries. It is of two 
kinds, viz. Bulbus, a Bulb; and Gemma, a 
Bud. 
A BULB, is an Hybernaele, placed on the 
defcending Caudex: It is of various Kinds, 
viz. a /guamofe Bulb, when it confifts of im- 
bricate Lamelle * : asin Lilium; a folid Bulb, 
when it confifts of a /o/id Subftance ; as in 
Tulipa : a tunicate Bulb, when it confifts of 
many Tunics or Coats; as in Cepa: and an 
articulate or jointed Bulb, when it confifts 
of Lamelle that are linked together; as in 
Latbhrea, Martinia, and Adoxa. 
GEMMA, a Bud, is an Hybernacle placed 
on the afcending Caudex: It confifts either 
of Stipule, of Petioles, of the Rudiments of 
Leaves, or of cortical fquame +. 
* Thin Plates or Scales. 
+ Scales of the Bark. 
° P Buds, 
