turity. Its separate
leaves are called SEPALS 80

IV. THE COROLLA (The Cup).--The inner whorl of
leaves, forming the flower itself. Its separate
leaves are called PETALS 71

V. THE TREASURY.--The part of the flower that
contains its seeds.

VI. THE PILLAR.--The part of the flower above its
treasury, by which the power of the pollen is
carried down to the seeds 78

It consists usually of two parts--the SHAFT and
VOLUTE 78

When the pillar is composed of two or more shafts,
attached to separate treasury-cells, each cell
with its shaft is called a CARPEL 235

VII. THE STAMENS.--The parts of the flower which
secrete its pollen 78

They consist usually of two parts, the FILAMENT and
ANTHER, not yet described.

VIII. THE NECTARY.--The part of the flower containing
its honey, or any other special product
of its inflorescence. The name has often been
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given to certain forms of petals of which the
use is not yet known. No notice has yet been
taken of this part of the flower in Proserpina.

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These being all the essential parts of the flower itself,
other forms and substances are developed in the seed as it
ripens, which, I believe, may most conveniently be arranged
in a separate section, though not logically to be
considered as separable from the flower, but only as
mature states of certain parts of it.
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V. THE SEED.

I must once more desire the reader to take notice that, under the four
sections already defined, the morphology of the plant is to be considered
as complete, and that we are now only to examine and name, farther, its
_product_; and that not so much as the germ of its own future descendant
flower, but as a separate substance which it is appointed to form, partly
to its own detriment, for the sake of higher creatures. This product
consists essentially of two parts: the Seed and its Husk.

I. THE SEED.--Defined 220

It consists, in its perfect form, of three parts 222

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These three parts are not yet determinately named in
the text: but I give now the names which will be usually
attached to them.
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A. _The Sacque_.--The outside skin o