246 AN INTRODUCTION 
The Antherais verfatile* and incumbent+, 
when it is faftened on at its Side; and Ereé, 
when it is faftened on at its Bafe. 
, The Pertcarpium is inflate, pujjed, when it 
is hollow like a Bladder, and not filled up 
with Seeds; prt/matic, Prifin-/haped, when it 
is a linear Po/yedron with plane Sides; ¢ur- 
binate, Top-fbaped, when it tapers towards 
the Bafe; as in Pyrus; contort, twified, when 
it turns fpirally, as in U/maric, Heliéleres, 
and haliétrum; acinaciform,F ares -/haped, 
when the Fruit is compreffed like a Blade, 
one of the longitudinal Angles being ob- 
tufe, and the other acute; echinate, prickly 
like an Echinust, when it is befet on all 
Sides with Spines or Aculez; torae ||, braw= 
ny, when it is here and there gibbous with 
brawny Swellings or Prominences ; as in 
Lycoperficon and Phytelacca. 
* Eafy to turn. 
+ Lying flat. 
+ Hedge-Hog. 
|] Torus, fignifies properly the Rife or Swelling out 
of the ftrong Mufcles of an Arm. 
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