Of the pericarp y. 
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Verrucofcy having little knobs or warts on the 
^ furface, as in Rough-fruited Spuige. 
Muricate^ covered with fliarp points, as in Xan- 
thium. 
Operculate^ having an operculum^ or lid, as In 
Henbane ‘ ‘ _ * 
Inflated^ hollow and not filled with feeds, as in 
Bladdernut. 
Membranaceous^ compofed of thin membranes, as 
in Elm. 
Compound^ confifting of many acini, . or little 
berries in one, as in Bramble. 
Articulate^ diftinguifhed by joints, and feparatlng 
into fo many parts when ripe, as in Cockfhead. 
Torofe^ fwelling out into knobs by reafon of tlie 
incloied feeds, as in Radifh, 
Emarginate^ having a notch at the top, as in 
Pennycrefs. 
Marginate^ having a leafy border. 
Whole ^ having no notch, as in.Nailwort. 
Cochleate^ wreathed like a fnail’s fiiell, as in Medic. 
^adridentatCj opening at the top into four parts, 
as in Pink. 
Suinquedentate ^ opening at the top into five parts, 
as in Chickweed. 
Decemdentate^ opening at the top into ten parts, 
as in Ceraftium. 
DiJJilient^ burfiing with elafticity, as in Sorrel 
and Cardamine, 
Deciduous^ not opening, but falling with the feeds 
in it, as in Trefoil and Elm. 
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