Elements of Botany: Or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables
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2. hi/era s. descenckns, inferior or descending, respect- ing the base or peduncle of the fruit with its apex. A radicle is strictly named inferior, which, rising from the bottom of the seed, tends directly downwards ; as in the Compound-flowers, the Ycrticillate plants, and others ; and it is named descending, when, rising from the highest part of the embryo, it tends towards the base 236 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. with its apex ; as in Meesia, Marvel of Peru (Mirabi- lis), and others. 3. ccntripetce..., centripetal ; either ab- solutely or relatively such. In a simple fruit, the former respect the axis, or common receptacle of the seed with their apex ; as in Tulip (Tulipa), Tobacco, and others. In a conjugate or many-capsuled fruit, the latter are, indeed, turned to the common axis, but in partial peri- carps only respect the internal side ; as in Helicteres, Monkshood (Aconitum), Larkspur (Delphinium), and others. 4. The centrifuge, or centrifugal radicles, are, un'ilaterales, unilateral, or one-sided ; all respecting one side of the pericarp; or, in a naked seed, the circum- ference of its horizontal plane ; as in Beet (Beta), Goosefoot (Chenopodium), and others : bllaterales, bilateral, or two-sided ; turned to two directly opposite regions of the pericarp ; as in Bog-Bean (Menyanthes trifoliata, &c), the Siliquose plants, and others : mult Hater ales, multilateral, or many-sided ; directing their points to different places, or to every surface of the dissepiments and internal parietes, or walls ; as in Cistus Helianthemum, the Cucurbitaceous plants, and others : vaga, vague ; which have not the same cer- tain situation in all seeds, but are directed with their points towards different parts ; as in Ginger (Zingiber), Water-Lily (Nymphsea), and others.
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