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I04f INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
SUPPORTERS OF THE FLOWER.
Fulcra floris. Distinguished from the stem and its branches
by not bearing any leaves like those of the other parts of
the plant.
Species.
Scape, Scapus. A supporter of the flower arising immediately
from the crown of the root, and appearing like a
naked stem. Plantago, Hyacinthus, Tulipa, Cepa. PI. 8,
fig. 5 c.
Flower-stalk, Peduncle, Pedimcidi/s, — pes, — podos,
— piis. A supporter of the flower growing out of the stem,
or its divisions. Most plants, all trees. PI. 8, fig. 2.
Spadix. A supporter accompanied with a spathe.
Arum maculatum. Calla ^thiopica. PI. 7, fig. 12 c.
y^nthurus. Long peduncles bearing flowers in bundles.
Receptacle of the flower, Clinanthe. Receptaculum floris,
Clinanthium, Phoranthium, Thalamus, Amphantium. The
enlarged tip of a peduncle, supporting several sessile
flowers. Compositae, Dipsaceae, Dorstenia, Ficus.
Rachis, Axis, Receptaculum filforme. An elongation of
the supporter bearing several flowers, either sessile, or
upon pedicells. Graminese. PI. 8, fig. 1 , 6 and 7.
Pedicell, pedicellus. The last divisions of a branched
support, to which the flowers are attached.
Scape.
Simple, Scapus simplex. Plantago lanceolata. Taraxacum
officinale, Hieracium repens, Statice pulchellum. PI. 8,
fig. 5 c.
Branched, ramosus. Limonium vulgare, Alisma major.
% Intrafoliaceous, ijitrafoliaceus. Growing among the
root-leaves. Hyacinthus, Plantago, Taraxacum officinale,
Bellis perennis.
Extrafoliaceous, extrafoliaceus. Springing from a different
point than the root-leaves. Convallaria majalis,
Limodorum purpureum.
^ Cylindrical, cylindricus. Hyacinthus nutans, Tulipa,
Butomus umbellatus, Taraxacum officinale, Bellis perennis.
Half-cylindrical, hemicylindricus. Flat on one side, convex
on the other. Convallaria majalis, Hyacinthus Orientalis.
Allium ursinum.
Compressed, compressus. Pancratium declinatum, Ama-
ryllis longifolia.