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This Ovary afterwards becomes a dry Fruit, of an 
oval Form, ftarred with five Furrows, of which the 
lead Diameter is about one and a half or two Lines. 
This Fruit is divided into five Cells, and opens at the 
Top when ripe, and then expands itfelf by little and 
little to its very Bafe, and difclofes fmall, round Seeds, 
lodged four together in each Cell. They are each of 
them covered with a little Hood, or very fine Mem- 
brane, which on the Encreafe of the Bulk of the Seed, 
opens itfelf with Violence, and throws it on the Ground. 
The Colour of the Seed pretty nearly refembles that 
of the Seed of PfylVmm. 
Each Pedicle, during the Time of its Encreafe, con- 
tinually puts forth new Buds, and new Flowers, in 
the fame manner as the Stalk continually puts forth at 
the Top new Leaves and new Pedicles. The Number 
of thefe Buds is ufually five or fix at the Top of each 
Pedicle, enlarged into a Head. Thefe Buds grow, en- 
creafe and expand themfelves one after another, which 
is the Caufe that this Plant, when once it begins to 
flower, puts forth new Flowers every Morning, which 
are quite vanilhed in the Afternoon. The little Bunches 
of Buds, each of which adorns a large Pedicle, are 
encompafled with little Points, which compofe a kind 
of common Empalement. In fliort, the little Pedicle, 
which is proper to each Flower, is flender, and a full 
Line long, fo that its Length is equal to the Diameter 
of the Empalement. 
The Diameter of the Flower, when it is mold ex- 
panded, is four Lines. 
The Petals make the Empalement expand itfelf a 
little : but when the Flower is faded, the Lobes of 
the 
