Excerpt from A Botanical Dictionary, Being a Translation From the French of Louis-Claude Richard: With Additions From Martyn, Smith, Milne, Wildenow, Acharius, &C Comprises the Flower and Fruit. The seven Elementary'organs are 1. Calyx. The outer or lower part 'oi' the flower, generally not coloured. Cobol. The coloured blossom of the flower, witha in or above the calyx. Stamens. The mealy or glutinous knobs, generally on the ends of filamentous organs. Pistil. The central organ of a flower, whose base becomes the pericarp and seed. Pericarp. The covering of the seed; whether pod, shell, bag, or a pulpy substance. Sam). The essential part, containing the rudiment of a new plant. Rncsrracm The base which sustains the other six parts, being at the end of the stem. Note. Any accidental appendage is called a nectary. The forms and positions and of no other part, are employed in distinguishing the Classes, Orders and Genera. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.