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ixtroductioji' to botant.
Suckers.
Haustoria. Tubercles placed on the stem, fastening it
to another plant, and also serving to extract nourishment
from the supporting plant. Cuscuta.
Holdfasts.
Fulcra, Tubercles serving to fasten a plant to other
bodies, but not organized so as to extract nourishment from
the support. Hedera communis, Fucus.
FLOWER.
Flas, in composition. —anthos. A temporary part of a
veseiable, in which the fecicvdation of the ovuhs take place
and which consists essentially of the sexual organs.
1. Situation,
Root, Florei radicales. Proceeding from the crown of
the root. Colchicum autumnale, Primula, Bellis, Sarracenia
purpurea. PI. 8, fig. 5, b.
Stem, caulinares. Proceeding from the stem. Cuscuta,
Vicia sativa.
Branch, rameales. Upon the branches. Daphne florida,
Cucubalus bacciferus, Pvrus.
Terminal, terminahs. From the tip of the stem and
branches. Pneumonanthe vulgaris, Eremocallis glomerata,
Pasiinaca.
I^eaf.foliares. Up>on the leaves. Xylophylla montana,
Ruscus aculeatus. PI. S, fig. 3.
Petiolar. petiol/ires. Upon the footstalks of the leaves.
Hibiscus moschatus.
Axillary, axUlares. From the axiUce, or angles made by
the leaves with the stem or branches. Polygonatum vulgare,
Veronica lontinalis, Chamardrys officinalis, Stramonium
foetidum, Vinca, Spartium scoparium, Vicia sativa.
Extra-axillary, extra-axillares, laierales. Growing on
the outside of the axillae. Sjolanum nigrum, Physalis,
Capsicum.
Super-axillary, superaxillares. Growing above the axillse
of the leaves. Boragineee.
Opposite to the leaves, cppositifolii. Growing from a
point diametrically opposite to the setting on of the leaf.
Dulcamara flexuosa, Sium nodiflorum, Tordylium maximum,
Phellandrium divaricatum, Batrachium heterophyl-
Kun, Erodium cicutarium, Vitis vinifera.
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