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hardly distinguishable in the Indian corn. Never wanting. 
2. Germe. — That part of the pistil which, in maturity, becomes 
the pericarp and the seed, as in the cherry and pompion. Nev¬ 
er wanting. 3. Style. — That part of the pistil which connects 
the stigma and the germe; very conspicuous in the lily. 
Wanting in the tulip and some other flowers. 
The pericarp is subdivided into — 1. Silique. — That kind of 
pod which has a longitudinal partition, with seeds attached al¬ 
ternately to its opposite edges, as radish, cabbage, &c. 2. Le¬ 
gume. — A pod without a partitioi , with the seeds attached to 
one suture only, as the pea. 3. Capsule. — That kind of peri¬ 
carp which opens by valves or pores and becomes dry when 
ripe, as in the poppy, which opens by pores, and the mullein by 
valves. 4. Drupe. —That kind of pericarp which consists of 
a thick fleshy or cartilaginous coat enclosing a nut or stone, as 
in the cherry, in which it is said to be berrylike ; and in the 
walnut, where it is dry. 5. Pome. — A pulpy pericarp, without 
valves, which contains within it a capsule, as apples, quinces, 
&c. 6. Berry. — A pulpy pericarp enclosing seeds without any 
capsule, as currant, grape, cucumber, and melon. 7. Strobile. 
— An ament with woody scales, as the fruit of the pine. 
The seeds are subdivided into—1. Cotyledon. — The thick 
fleshy lobes of seeds ; very manifest in beans, whose cotyledons 
grow out of the ground in the form of two large succulent 
leaves. Many plants, as Indian corn, wheat, the grasses, &c., 
have but one cotyledon. 2. Corcle. — The rudiments of the fu¬ 
ture plant, always proceeding from the cotyledon; easily dis¬ 
tinguished in chestnuts, acorns, &c. 3. Tegument. — The skin 
or bark of seeds; it separates from peas, beans, Indian corn, 
&c., on boiling. 4. Hilum. — The external mark or scar on 
seeds, by which they were affixed to their pericarps. In beans 
and the like it is called the eye. 
The receptacle is subdivided into — 1. Proper. — That which 
belongs to one flower only. 2. Common. — That which connects 
several distinct florets, as in the sunflower, daisy, and teasel. 
3. Rachis. — The filiform receptacle, connecting the florets in a 
spike, as in the heads of wheat. 4. Columnella. — The central 
