TERMINOLOGY. 101 
(germen inferum); or the germen is included in the 
calyx, and is then said to be above, (germen super- 
um); or in this ease the flower is said to be below, 
(flos inferus s. hypocarpius). 
When in common we describe the situation of the 
germen we are to observe whether it is situated 
above or below the calyx, without attending to the 
place of the corolla; for the calyx 1s often under, 
and the corolla above. But in more accurate de- 
scription we remark the situation of the corolla. 
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When plants have done flowering there proceeds 
from the germen (§ 92) the fruit, (fructus.) This 
is either naked seeds, (semen), or a skin, hard shell, 
or other substance ‘containing the seeds, called 
‘pericarp, (pericarpium), (§ 98). Thus all plants 
may be brought under two great divisions, name- 
ly, such as Have naked seeds, (vegetabilia gymno- 
spermia), that is to say, such where the germen 
changes into one or more naked seeds; and such 
as have their seeds covered, (vegetabilia angiosper- 
mia), or those whose’ germen changes into a peri- 
carpium. Of the first kind, namely the naked seeded 
plants, there have yet been discovered only four va- 
rlelies, viz. ? 
1. One-seeded, ‘(vegetabilia monosperma), where 
the single germen is one naked seed. | 
2. ‘Two-seeded, (disperma), when out of two or 
one germen in a flower there proceed two naked 
seeds. 
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