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fibres, near the bafe of the radicle, one into each lobe of 
the bean, and there fpread into a great many ramifica¬ 
tions, which convey the juices on the vegetation of the 
feed, into the radicle and plume, as before defcribed. 
Of the feed cafes or membraneous uterus. 
T HE feed cafe is a kind of flefliy uterus, growing 
more moift and pulpy as the feed ripens, but the 
cafe itfelf whether called cod, pod, or by any other name, 
is a membraneous uterus, which grows more dry and hard 
as the fruit ripens. In fome the feed cafe is originally 
open, in others it opens when the feed is ripe, and in 
others not at all till the feed is fown. 
Garden radifh-feed breaks within as it ripens into fe- 
veral white dry membranes, round about the feed. Near 
the fides of the cafe run a pair of vafcular fibres, from 
which branch forth feveral fmaller fibres, fome towards 
the fides of the cafe for their fupport, and others towards 
the center thereof upon which the feeds hang, fig. 431. 
Of thofe which open as foon as the feed is ripe, fome 
open at the top, as poppy heads, fig. 432. others on the 
fide, as moft cods ; and fome at the bottom as codded 
arfmat, fig. 433. the poppy head is divided by eight or 
ten partitions into as many ftalls, and on both fides the 
partitions hang a moft numerous brood of feeds. 
Of thofe which open on the fide, fome open on one 
fide, fome on both, others with three fides, fome more, 
and others horizontally, or round about. 
The cod of a garden bean opens on one fide, and hath 
a two-fold parenchyma ; in the outermoft ftands all the 
veflels in feveral parcels, from one of which, being larger 
than the reft, and at the back of the cod, fhoots forth 
thefe lefier veflels whereon {he beans grow $ the inner 
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