Of t h e, p f r I c a r r y. 
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A fpadix IS a long recepraclcj having the fructi- 
fications fixed to its fides, as in Arum and Palms, 
CHAPTER XI. 
Of the pericarp y. 
‘VXALVES are the external iiiclofures of a pe- 
ricarpy. Pi. V. fig. 14. a. 
Dijfepiments are the partitions which divide the 
pencarpy into cells. 
The columella is the fubftance that pafies through 
the pericarpy, and connects the dilTepiments and 
feeds. 
The receptacle of the feeds is that part to which 
they are taftcned wdthin the pericarpy. 
A drupe is a polpy pericarpy containing a feed 
inclofed in a hard ihell, as in Plumb and Almond. 
PL V. fig. 10. 
A pome is a pulpy pericarpy containing a capful e, 
as in Pear. PI. V. fig. 1 1. 
A berry is a pulpy pericarpy, the feeds within 
which have no other covering, as in Nightfhade. 
PI. V. fig. 12. 
A capfule is a pericarpy without pulp. PI. V. 
fig. 13, 14- . . ■ . ' 
A pod is a pericarpy of two valves, in which the 
feeds are fixed to both the futures, or joinings of 
the valves, as in Crelfes. PI. V. fig. 15. 
A legume is a pericarpy of two valves, in which 
the feeds are fixed along one future only, as in 
Pulfes. PL V. fig. 16. 
A Jlrohil is a pencarpy formed of fcales lying over 
one another, as in Pine and Birch. PL V. fig. 1 7, 
A follicle is a pericarpy of one valve, opening 
longitudinally, and not having the feeds faftened 
to it, as in Periwinkle. 
F ■ Pericarpies 
