104. PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, &c. 
brane that intersects and divides the inner 
cavity of the capsule. 
b. The cells, (/eculamenta), are the spaces be- 
tween the partitions. 
c Uhe columella is a filiform body that passes 
through the middle of the Capsule, and to 
which the partitions are attached, fig. 169. 
d. The valves, (valvu), form the outward 
coat of the Capsule, which bursts longitu- 
dinally in several parts. 
e. The suture, (sutura), is a deep furrow which 
appears on the outside of the coat. 
The different sorts of capsules are distinguished 
according as they are round, long, &c. and further, 
according as they are, | | 
1, Unilocular, (unilocularis), when there are no 
divisions. | 
2. Two, three, four, &c. or many celled, 07, tri, 
quadri, or multilocularis, according to the number of 
the'cells, fig. 155. 
3. Two, three, &c. or many-valved, 61, tri, &c, 
multivalvis, according to the number of the valves 
that appear on the bursting of the capsule, fig. 156, 
169 | 
4. Two, three, &c. many-seeded, (di, tri, &c. po- 
lysperma), according to the number of the seeds. 
5. Vricoccous, (¢ricocca), when a trilocular cap- 
sule appears as if three were grown together, as in 
the tea-shrub, Thea viridis, Euphorbia, &c. 
6. Berried, (Zaccata), when the coat is fleshy and 
soft. 
7. Cor- 
