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Hanging down, penduli. Hanging perpendicularly towards
the ground. Impatiens palustris.
5. Numler.
Unique, Flos uniais. Only one flower on the plant.
Tulipa Gesneriana, Narcissus majalis, Sarracenia purpurea.
Single, Flores solitarii. Flowers many, but only one in
a place. Stramonium foetidum, Vinca, Vicia lutea.
y» By twos, linaii, bini geminaii. Flowers many, growing
only two together in a place. Chamaedrys palustris.
By threes, iernali. Flowers many, growing three together.
Chamasdrys officinalis, C. laciniata.
Aggregated, aggregati, congesli. Collected into a bundle.
Polygonum aviculare, Trientalis Europsea, Cuscuta minor,
Malva vulgaris, Buxus sempervirens, Ulmus campestris.
Compound, composiil. Several flowers borne on the
same peduncle in a regular manner. Salix, Graminese,
Labiatae, Umbelliferse, Compositse. ^
6. Perfection.
Complete, perfect, Flores completi, perfedi. Composed
of the organs of both sexes, with two covers, the outer
usually green, herblike, the inner of a finer texture, and
coloured. Viola, Rosa canina. PI. 9, fig. 10, 12; PL 10,
fig. 15.
Incomplete, incompleti. Wanting either the organs of
one or both sexes, or one or both of the covers. Hyacinthus.
Narcissus, Galanthus, Crocus, Lupulus communis,
Cannabis sativa, Cucumis sativus.
^ Regular, regulares. When they may be divided from
the centre, in three or more parts perfectly alike in all re-
spects. Tulipa. PL 9, fig. 9.
Uniform, uniformes. When they may be divided by a
longitudinal section into two parts perfectly alike. La-
biatee, Cruciformes. PL 10, fig. 8.
Irregular, difformes, irregulares. When they cannot be
mentally divided into two or more parts perfectly alike.
7. Sex.
Hermaphrodite, Flores hermaphroditi. Containing the
organs of both the sexes. Lilium, Tulipa, Dianthus, and
most plants. PL 8, fig. 4; PL 9, fig, 7, 9, 12; PL 10,
fi^. 1, 2, 5, 13, 15.