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IV. The. pijiillum, pointal, or female organ, adheres to the 
fruit, and is that part appropriated for the reception of the 
pollen , fpokeri of above. It confifts of the germen, the Jlylus, 
and the Jligma. 
1. The germen, or feed-bud, is the bafe or lower part of the 
pijiillum, containing the rudiments of the unripe fruit, or 
feed, in the flowering ftate of the plant, 
2. The fiylus , or ftyie, is that part of the pijiillum which ftands 
upon the germen , and elevates the Jligma or fummit. 
3. The Jligma, the fummit, or top of the ftyie, is that part 
which receives the fertilizing duft of the anthem , and tranf- 
mits its effluvia, through the ftyie into the middle of the 
germen , or feed- bud. 
V. The pericarpiim, or feed veffel, is that part which contains 
the feeds, and difcharges them when ripe. It comprehends 
the eight following fpecies, viz. the capfula , the filiqua > 
the legumen, the conceptaculum or folliculus , the drupa , the 
pomum, the bdcca, and the llrobilus; of each of which in 
their order. 
1. The capfula , a capfule or little cafket, is a dry hollow feed- 
veffel, that fplits or opens in fome determinate manner. 
Capfules, when opened or fplit, are divided outwardly into 
one or more pieces, called valvulce, or valves, the parts 
which divide the capfules internally into cells are called 
dijjepimenta , or partitions. And the fubftances which con- 
ned the partitions to the feeds, are called columellce , or little- 
pillars. The empty fpaces for containing the feeds, are 
called toculamenta, or cells. 
2. The filiqua , or pod is a teed- veffel with two valves, having 
the feeds fixed along the joining or edge of both valves. 
3. The legumen , or cod, is a feed- veffel with two valves, having 
the feeds fixed along the edge of one of the valves only. 
4. The conceptaculum, a receiver; or folliculus, a little bag, is 
a fced-veffel with one valve, fplitting length-ways from top 
to bottom, and has no feam for faftening the feeds with- 
in it. 
5. The drupa , drupe, or ftcne fruit, is a pulpy feed-veffel, 
which has no valve, or external opening, and contains with- 
in it a ftone or nut. 
6 . The pomum, or apple, is a pulpy feed-veffel, which has 
no valve or external opening, and contains within it a 
capfule. 
7. The bacca, or berry, is a pulpy feed veffel, which has no 
valve, and contains' feeds which are naked, or have no 
other covering than the pulp. 
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