212 AN INTRODUCTION 
mation, Foltation, Stipulation, Pubefcence,Glan- 
dulation, Laétefcence, Inflorefcence,&zc. As each 
of the Terms here enumerated will furnith 
us with afeparate Chapter, we fhall forbear 
the Explanation of them here. 
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Of PLACENTATION. 
Y PLACENTATION * is meant the 
Difpofition of the Cotyledons at the 
Time when the Seed is beginning to grow. 
Plants, in refpe& toP/acentation, are termed, 
1. ACOTYLEDONES, without Cotyle- 
dons, when this Part is wanting; as in 
Moffes. 
2. MONOCOTYLEDONES, with a fin- 
gle Cotyledon } ; and thefe are either, 
Perforate ; asin Grafes. 
Unilateral ; as in Palms; or, 
Reduced ; asin Cepa. 
* The Cotyledons of the Seed in Vegetables anfwer the 
Purpofe of the Placenta in the Animal Oeconomy; and 
hence the Difpofition of the Cotyledonsis called Placen- 
tation. 
+ Linnaus obferves, that the A/onocotyledones ate pro- 
perly Acotyledones ; the Cotyledons remaining within the 
Seed. 
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