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taken out, by the scar or hollow in the panninterne, as that 
covering is always interrupted at the place where the pla- 
centarium is connected with the sarcocarp to which it is 
always united. 
Ribs of the placent avium. 
Collected, Nervi colli gati Collected into a single mass 
by cellular tissue. Lilium, Rhododendfum, Silene. 
Distinct, distinctly Forming separate cords. Portulaca. 
Intervalvular, intervalves. Placed in the sutures between 
the valves. Cruciferae. 
Axile, circumaxiles. Surrounding a central axis which 
separates when the fruit splits open. Epilobium, (E no- 
th era. 
Umbilical Cord. 
Funiculus, Funiculus umbilicalis, Podospermium. A 
vascular cord , that fastens the seeds to the pericarpium. 
Threadlike, Funiculus filiformis. Cheiranthus, Alyssum 
campestre, Ribes spinosum glabi urn, Cassia Fistula. 
Hooked, uncinatus. Acanthus, Ruellia, Justicia, Bar- 
leria. 
Pappus-like, pappiformis . Formed of silky threads 
united into a pappus. Asclepias Syriaca, A. nigra. PL 17, 
fig. 12. 
Cells. 
Loculi, Loculamenta, Thecae. The hollow spaces in the 
pericarpium formed by the doubling of the panninterne. 
CogUE. 
Coccum. A cell that opens elastically by a membra- 
naceous spring , placed at the bottom. Euphorbiacese. 
Retinacles. 
Retinaculae. Crooked points growing from the placenta - 
rium, close to the seeds , b\it not serving to support them. 
Acanthaceae. PL 16, fig. 21. 
Pannexterne. 
Pannexterna, Epicarpium. The external skin of the 
epicarpium. 
Panninterne. 
Panninterna, Endocarpium. The internal skin of the 
which in celled fruits forms the partitions by its 
pericarpium , 
doublings. 
