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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
BRACTE^.
Leaf-like organs accompanying the Jloivers.
Floral Leaf.
Bractca. Leaf-like organs, placed near the- flowers^ and
frequently very slightly diferingfrom the common leaves.
Rounded, Bractea suhrotunda. Salix viminalis.
HLeartshape, cordiformis, cordata. Melampyruni cristatum,
Salvia pratensis, S. bicolor, Lactuca virosa.
Spearshape, lanceolala. Orchis morio, O. mascula,
Orobanclie major, Melampyrnm arvense, Mentha rotundi-
folia, Ribes alpina.
Awlshape, suhidata. Cephalanthera ensifolia.
Bristlelike, setacea, Mentha viridis.
Keeled, carinata. Goraphrena globosa.
Fringed, ciliata. Mentha viridis, Calamintha vulgaris,
Brunella vulgaris, Carpinus ulmoides.
Thornlike, spi?iesce?is. Salsola decumbens.
Palmate, pahnata. Fumaria bulbosa, Anthyllis vulne-
raria.
Fealher-cut, pinnatifda. Melampyrum vulgatum.
QovcvhlWie, pectinata. Melampyrum cristatum,
^[ Crowning, coronans. Forming a crown above the
flowers. Fritillaria imperialis, Eucomis regia.
Coloured, colorata. Melampyrimi cristatum, Salvia nemorosa.
Flower-bearing, j?orj/fc'7'a. Bearing the flowers. Populus,
Corylus, Salix, Larix, Cupressus. PL 7? fig. 6.
Bracteole.
Bracteolfe. Smcdler floral leaves attached to the divisions oj
an assemhlaoe of floivers.
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Tuft.
Coma. An assemblage of floral leaves crouming the tip of
some spikes or racemes.— Salvia Horminum.
Spathe.
Spatha, Calopodium, Valva. A leaflike organ, ivhich at
frst envelopes the flowers, hut afterivards opens and lets
them escape.
Common, Spatha comynimis, Encipsing several flowers..
Arum, Phoei]ix.