10 AN INTRODUCTION 



partitions, which divide the capsule into sundry com- 

 partments or cells, dissepiments; the substance which 

 passes through the capsule, and connects the several 

 partitions and seeds, columella ; and the cells or hol- 

 low compartments of the capsule in which the seeds 

 are lodged, kculaments. 



SILIQUA, a Pod, is a pericarpium of two valves, 

 wherein the seeds are fastened along both the su- 

 tures or joinings of the valves. 



LEGUMEN, a Pod also, is a pericarpium of two 

 valves, wherein the seeds are fastened along one su- 

 ture only. 



FOLLICULUS, formerly CONCEPTACULUM, a Con- 

 ceptacle, is a pericarpium of a single valve, which 

 opens on one side lengthways, and has not the seeds 

 fastened to it. 



DRUPA, is a fleshy or pulpy pericarpium without 

 valve, containing a stone, 



POMUM, is a fleshy or pulpy pericarpium without 

 valve, containing a capsule. 



BACCA, a Berry, is a fleshy or pulpy pericarpium 

 without valve, the seeds within which have no other 

 covering. 



STROBILUS, is a pericarpium formed of an Amen- 

 tum. (See Chap. 2d.) 



CHAP. VII. 



OF THE SEEDS. 



THE SEED, according to the definition of Lin- 

 naeus, is a deciduous part of the vegetable, the ru- 

 diment of a new one, quickened for vegetation by 

 the sprinkling of the pollen. Its distinctions are, 



A SEED, properly so called, which is a rudiment 

 of a new vegetable, furnished with sap, and covered 

 with a bladdery coat or tunic. It consists of, 1 . Cor- 



