10%; PRINCIPHES Of BOTANY, ETC. 
3. Four-seeded, (tetrasperma), when four germina 
on one four-partitioned germen: in. a flower change 
to four nakediseeds. 
4, Many-seeded, (polysperma), when out of several 
vermina in one flower there proceed: several: naked 
seeds. 
‘The parts of the pericarpium and the seed are: 
subject to. much variation, which we shall exem- 
plify in the following paragraphs. 
§ 98. 
The PERICARPIUM is 9 Gayity of various figure, 
¢ontainine seeds. The kinds of it are, Utriculus, 
Samara, Folliculis, Capsula, Nux, Drupa, Bacca, Pa- 
mum, Pepo, Siliguay Legumen, Lomentum, and ‘Eheca.. 
99, 
The BLADDER, (wiriculus.), consists of a thin skin, 
which. incleses a single seed. ‘The kinds of it are 
these : : 
ca, Loose, (laxus.), that holds the seed. inclosed, 
ey loose, as in. Adonis, ‘Thalictrum, fig. 165,, 166, 
. Strait, (strictus), that quite closely surrounds 
the seed, as. ladies Pessina Cra sine 
au bi ee eee as in ie, ee 
N. The Utriculus is distinguished fsom, the ex. 
terior coat of the: seed by this, that between, the seed, 
and the external coat there is a space, and that the 
seed is connected with it by the umbilical chord. 
The utriculus differs from the nut in being less hard 
and more yielding. 
at § 100. 
