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cd by the fex of tlieir flowers, which are either 

 tnafculus, fcmlneus, or hermaphroditus ', which 

 fee. 



SILICULA [dim. a SUiqua, a pod] a fpecies 

 of bivalvular pericarpium, whofc ti'anfverfe dia- 

 meter is equal, or nearly fo, to its longitu- 

 dinal ; it forms the firft order of the clafs Te- 

 iradynamia ; is diftinguiflied from the Siliqua, 

 by the equality of its tranfverfe and longitudi- 

 nal diameters ; from the Legumen, by its feeds 

 being alternately fixed to oppofite futures. 



SILICULOSA [a SiUcula, a little podj the 

 iirfi: order in the clafs Tetradynamla of Linnae- 

 us ; containing thofc plants whofe pericarpium 

 is a Silicula. Thefe are the Siliculofes of Ray, 

 and, together with the Siliquofa^ the Crucifounes 

 of Tournefort. 



SILIQUA, a pod, is that kind of Pericarpi- 

 um, which conflfts of two Valvules, and ia 

 which the feeds are fixed alternately to each fu- 

 ture, fecundum futuram iitramque. Miller impro- 

 perly applies this definition to the Legumen. 



SILIQUOSA [Siliqua, a pod] the fecond 

 order in the clafs Tetradynamia of Linnseus, 

 containing thofe plants whofe pericarpium is a 



Siliqua, 



