2:4 AN INTRODUCTION 
guifhable. wto Tuberculum, a little Kuob, 
which is a Fru@ification confifting of rough 
Points collected like a Heap of Duft; Scu- 
tellim, a fmall Buckler, which is a concave 
orbiculate Fruétification, the Margin of 
which is elevated on every Side; or Pe/ta, 
alittle Shield, which isa plane Fructification 
faftened for the moft Part to the Margin of 
the Leaf *. 
In Mojes, the Capitulum, or little Head, is 
an Anthera. 
In Grafes, Spicula, alittle Spike, is a par- 
tial one; the Aria is tortie, twifted, when 
it has atwifted Joint inthe Middle. _4rti- 
culus,a ‘fornt, is the Part of the Cu/mus that 
lies between two Genzcu/i or Knots. 
A radiate compound Flower confifts of 
Difk and Radius. The Radius is compofed 
of irregular Corollulz in the Circumference ; 
and the D:/e of {maller Corullula, that are 
for the moft Part regular. 
A decompound Flower contains within the 
* The Ferms explained here, and in the following 
Paragraphs, refpeét fuch Circumftances of the Parts of 
Frutification as concern rather the fpecific Differences 
than the claflic or generic Qnes ; and we have therefore 
followed Linneus in fubjoining them to this Head, not- 
withftanding that fome few of them have been alrea- 
dy mentioned and explained in the firft Part of this 
Work. 
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