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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
Compound, composita. The rays of the peduncles are
again subdivided. Daucus vulgaris, Pastinaca, Ammi and
many other umbelliferEe. PI. 7, fig. 1.
51 Naked, ?mda. Without any involucra at the base of
the rays. Solanum nigrum, Pimpinella major.
Involucrated, involucrata. With involucra. Daucus
vulgaris.
Spathed, spathata. Proceeding from a spathe. Allium.
51 Rounded, sphcBrica. Forming a spherical head of
flowers. Allium Itetum. Cepa esculenta.
Convex, convexa. Forming a rounded surface. Asclepias
Syriaca, Daucus hispida.
Fiat, plana. Forming a flat surface. Sphondylium vulgare,
Fceniculum vulgare, Imperatoria major.
Concave, concava. Forming a concave surface. Daucus
vulgare v^^ien in fruit.
^ Loose, laxa. The peduncles at some distance from
each other. Athamanta latifolia.
Close, conrctata, densa. The peduncles very near each
other. Cepa vulgaris, Daucus vulgaris, Hydrocotyle vul-
garis.
% Few-rayed, pauciradiata, depaiiperata. Having only a
few rays. Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Scandix vulgaris.
Proliferous, prolifera. If one or more of the peduncles
of a simple umbel throw out; one or more umbellules. Hydrocotyle
vulgaris.
^ Like-flowered, uniform, simlUflora. All the flowers
alike, Sium verticillatum, Imperatoria major.
Unlike-flowered, radiant, dlversijiora, radians. The
flowers in the centre regular, and those in the circumference
irregular, the outside petals being larger than those
towards the centre. Tordylium officinale, Co'riandrum
sativum.
Umbellule.
Umbellula. A small partial umbel, being part of a large
umlel, andformed by the secondary rays.—Daucus vulgaris,
and many other umbellifer£e. PI. 7, fig. 1.
BoUgUET.
Sertulum. A simple umbel in which the peduncle is only
Qltce divided into rays.—Buttomus umbellatus. PI. 8, fig. 2.