( & ) 
the nourimment of the Anthers and Stigmas; 
confequently, whenever thefe are found, it 
will be found alfo ; and, although fome flowers 
have been faid to be deftitute of it, this affer- 
tion may have arifen from want of fufficient 
inveftigation, as the part in queftion was fo 
little known before the time of Linneus, that 
it had not even obtained a name; and we 
have yet to acquire the certain knowledge of 
it's ufe. 
There are eight different kinds of Peri- 
carp, or Seed-veffel : ift. Capfule, 2d. Silique, 
3d. Legume, 4th. Follicle, 5th. Drupe, 
6th. Pome, 7th. Berry, 8th. Strobile. Cap- 
fule is a little cheft or caflket, a dry hollow 
feed-veffel, when ripe, which fplits in different 
ways, and difcharges it's contents, fometimes 
with great force, fo as to difperfe them to a 
confiderable diftance ; an inftance of which 
may be feen in the feed-veffel s of the dif- 
ferent fpecies of Balfam; and, from the violent 
manner in which their feeds are ejed:ed from 
the capfules, when mature, Linneus has named 
the genus, or family, Impatiens. The feed- 
veffel of viola, violet, and panfie, is a Capfule; 
before this fpecies of feed-veffel is ripe, it is 
frequently flefhy and fucculent, "like a berry, 
which 
