DEFINITIONS OF THE PARTS OF FLOWERS. 15 



a liquor appropriated to that purpose*, and discharge thereon, by 

 its elastic force, a substance not distinguishable by the naked eye. 



A Seed is a deciduous part of a plant, fraught with the rudi- 

 ment of a new plant, and quickened by the pollen. 



Anthera is a vessel that produces and discharges the pollen. 



Pericarpium is a vessel that produces and discharges the seeds. 



Filamentum is the foot-stalk that supportsf the anthera, and 

 fastens it to the vegetablet. 



Germen is the rudiment of the periearpium, not yet arrived 

 at maturity. 



Stigma is the moistened summit of the germen : its existence 

 is chiefly at the time when the anthera is discharging its pollen, 



Stylus is the foot-stalk of the stigma, that connects it with 

 the germen. 



* / 



Corolla and Calyx are the teguments or covers of the stamina 

 and pistillum ; the calyx arising from the cortical epidermis, or 

 outer* bark, and the corolla from the liber, or inner bark. 



Receptaculum is that part which connects the parts before 

 mentioned §. 



From these characters the following principles may be de- 

 duced. 



I. That every vegetable is furnished with flower arid fruit; 

 there being no species where these are wanting. 



* If the pollen be placed on a damp plate, all its particles, which have determinate 

 shapes, will exp'ode. The moisture on the stigma of plants effects the same pur- 

 pose. Editor. 



•f Elevates. Editor. 



X And attaches it to the flower. Editor. 



§ Is the connecting medium betwixt the Peduncle, flower-stalk, and flower. 



