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17. PISTIL an interior Organ derived from the Pith-y conftitute^ 



the Female » 



Germ a rudiment of the Fruit, beneath. 



Style elevating the Stigma from the germ, intermediate. 



Stigma dewy, pubefcent, above. 



18. PERICARP the Germ after the fall of the flower feed-bearing ; 



Capsule membranous, gaping with valves varioufly in 

 various plants. 



Si LI QUE membranous, two-valved^ each future bearing feeds* 



Legume membranous, two-valved^ one future bearing feeds. 



Follicle membranous, one-valved, gaping on the fide, not 

 attached to the feeds^ 



Berry pulpy, with feperate Seeds, 



Drupe pulpy, with. 2ihony Nucleus, 



Pome pulpy, a Capfule including the feeds. 



Strobile imbricated, the pericarp of a contracted Ament, 



19. SEED an Egg,, pregnant with the new plant, deciduous, coated. 



Hile the navel-fear. 



Cotyledons abforbent, conftituting the uterine placenta. 



Heart a compendium of the new plant, connecting the 

 cotyledons : 



with a pointed Beak germinating downwards, 

 with an imbricated Plu?ne growing upwards. 



Pappus fometimes crowns the feed. 



Aril fometimes includes the feed partially, 



20. RECEPTACLE: th& hafe conneding all the parts of fruai^ 



fication. 



Proper of one flower. 



Common to many felTile^^rff^. 



Umbel, between the c-Ajx. and the flower, elongated into 

 equal peduncles. 



Umbellet a partial umbel. 



Cyme a compound umbel with alternate branchlets. 



Spadix within a Spathe, particularly of the Palm. 



Rachis the receptacle of the Spike of Grafs, on which the 



flov/ers are in2;raved, 



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