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TERICARPIUM. SEED.

Three-grained, tricocca, a capsule protuberant with three

knots, and divided within into three cells.Twin, didyma, a capsule gibbous with two knots.

Silique, siliqua, a two-valved pericarp of considerable length,the seeds being fixed along the sutures.Compressed, compressa, the opposite sides approaching

near together.Protuberant, tondosa, here and there gibbous with promi-nent parts.Jointed, articulata, intercepted with tight knots.Transverse partition, transversum dissepimentum, narrowerwhere the contracted valvelets become concave.Silicula, a similar capsule, but shorter.

Legume, legumen, a two-valved pericarp, the seeds being fixedalong one side only.

Intercepted with isthmuses, isthmis intercepluw , dividedtransversely within into various cells.Follicle, follkulus, a one-valved pericarp, gaping longitudinally

on one side, the seeds not being fixed to the suture.Drupe, drupa, a valveless filled pericarp, containing a nut.Juicy, succulenla, containing a fluid.Dry, sicca, opposed to the preceding.Pome, pomum, a valveless pericarp, containing a capsule.Bekky, bacca, a valveless pericarp, containing seeds, in other re-spects naked.

Nidulant, mdulantia, seeds spread through the pulp.Strobile, strobilus, formed of a catkin, with hardened scales.

SEED, semen, the rudiment of the new plant.

Hilum, the external scar of a seed, where it was fixed in the

fruit.Corcle or Heart, corculum, the rudiment of the new plant within

the seed.Plumule, plumula, part of the corcle scaly, ascending.Rostel or Beak, rostellum, part of the corcle simple descending.Cotyledon, cotyledon, the lateral body of the seed bibulous falling

ofT.Crown, corona, acalycle adhering on its top, by which it flies.

Pappus, pappus, a feathery or hairy crown.

Stiped, stipilatus, by a thread elevating and connecting the tuft

and seed.Capillary, capillaris, with unbranched hairs.Feathered, plamosus, consisting of feathery hairs,