XXXVI. BOTANIC TERMS 



588 /)»/?, (pollen) the dull of the flower, to 



be burft by moifture, throwing out 



elaftic atoms, the origin of the plant. 



589 PISTIL, (pijiillum) an organ adhering to tlie fru t for the 



reception of the duft, couftituting the 

 female. 

 590 Germ^ f^^r/zz^wj the rudiment of the imma- 

 ture fruit in the flower. 



591 Above ^ (fuperum) included in the corol. 



592 Beneath^ [infer um) placed beneath the 



corol. 



593 ^O'^^J (J^y^^O P^r^ of t^^ ^i^\\ elevating the 



ftigma from the germ. 



594 Stig?na^ (Ji^g^^^) the top of the pifl:il, moift 



with fluid. 

 595 PERICARP, (/>mf^r^/«;7zj an organ of the plant big with 



feeds which when mature it fcatters. 

 596 Capfule^ (capfula) a hollow pericarp gaping 

 in a determinate manner. 



597 Valvlet^ [valvula) the coat, by which 



the fruit is covered externally, 



598 Cell^ (lccula7Jientf/?n)- 2. hollow chamber 



as a place for the feeds. 



599 Partition^ (dijfepimentum) the wall by 



which the fruit is divided internally in- 

 to many chambers. 



600 Two-capfuled^ (bicapfularis) from the 



number of the capfules. 



601 TwG-celFd^ (hilocularis) from the num- 



ber of the cells. 



602 Three-grain' d^ (tricocca) a capfule pro- 



tuberant with thre^ knots, and divided 

 within into three cePs. 



603 Twin, (didyma) a capfule gibbous with 



two knots. 

 604 Silique^ (fdiqua) a two-valve pericarp, the 

 feeds being; fixed alono- the futures. 



605 Co?nprefs'dy (co7npre(]a) the oppofite fides 



approacliing near together. 



606 Protuberant^ (torulofa) here and there 



gibbous with prominent parts. 



607 "Jointed, {articulate) intercepted with 



tight knots, 

 .- ' " 608 Parallel 



