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1S4. INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
Helmetshape, galeiformia. Hollow, arched, and open
in front. Aconitum.
Cornetshape, cuculUformia. In the form of a cone. Delphinium,
Aquilegia.
Spurred, calcarata. Prolonged at bottom in a hollow
point, like the spur of a fowl. Viola.
Two-lipped, h'dahiata. Tubular with a limb having two
lips, Nigella, Helleborus, Isopyrum.
Mis-shapen, difformia. Irregular, and not to be compared
to any known form. Epimedium.
Unequal, incequalia. Different, either in form, or size,
or in both. Anona, Viola, Pisum, and other leguminosae.
Conjoined, coadunata. Joined and soldered together by
their edges, but so feebly that they may be separated without
any visible tear in the texture. Statice monopetala,
Fissilia disparilis. This junction is sometimes by their
tips, Vitis; or their base, Oxycoccus palustris.
^ Radiating, radiantia. The petals next the circumference
of an assemblage of flowers larger than those next
the centre. Tordylium.
5. Edge.
Wavy,
strasmia.
Petala undulata. Geranium phaeum, Lager-
Gnawed, erosa. Glaucium luteum, Frankenia Isevis.
Crenated, crenata.
tatissimum.
Dianthus Caryophyllus, Linum usi-
Toothed, dentata. Dianthus barbatus, D. capitatus,
Silene Lusitanica.
YringQA, fimhriata. Cucubalus fimbriatus.
Lashed, ciliata. Edged with fine jags or hairs like the
eyelashes. Tropaeolum, Ruta.
Notched, emarginata. Cheiranthus sinuatus. Geranium
sanguineum, G. dissectum, Agrosterama coronaria, Dianthus
prolifer, Rosa rubiginosa.
6. Divisio?!,
Jagged, Petala lacin'mta. Cut into slips. Reseda, Dianthus
plumarius.
Two-cut, bifida. Draba verna, Cucubalus inflatus,
Lychnis vespertina, L. diurna, Silene conica.
Three-cut, trifida. Hypecoum procumbens.
Four-cut, quadrifida. Lychnis plumaria.
Two-parted, hipartita. Silene nutans, Stellaria aquatica,
S. media.