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wlven appropriated to the partioifer parts of a 
flower. The works of Lirmeus being now 
tranflated, botany has a language peculiar to 
itfelf; that language is, perhaps, fomewhat 
lefs difficult to learn than, any other language ; 
and fhould tenfold the difficulty be found in 
the acquirement of it, the time might be 
esteemed well fpent. 
The term fructification is defined by Lin- 
neus to be a temporary part of vegetables de- 
dicated to germination ; that is, all the parts 
of the bloffom, which are intended for the 
production and prefervation of the feed, and 
which, having brought that to perfection* 
wither and fall off. All thefe parts, however, 
are not eifential to the production of perfect 
feed, as will be feen hereafter ; nor are all thefe 
parts prefent in every flower. There are feven 
parts of frucllfication. rft, the calyx-, 3d, the 
corol; 3d, the jlamen ; 4th, the ptfiih 5th, the 
pericarp; 6 th, the feed; 7 th, the receptacle. The 
calyx is the termination of the out ward bark of 
a plant ; of it there are feven kinds ; it gene- 
rally appears in the form of a green cup ; it's 
chief ufe is to enclofe, fupport, and protect the 
other parts of the fructification. The firft and 
moft common kind of calyx is the Perianth, 
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