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140 INTKODUCTION TO BOTANY.
Conjoined, coalita, connata. United together, either by
their filaments or their anthers. Malvaceae, Compositae.
% Adelphous, adelphica, adelpka. The filaments united
together into an androphore.
Monadelphoup, monadelpha. Having a single androphore
in a flower, carrying several anthers. Malvaceae,
Meliacese.
Diadelphous, diadelpha. Two androphores in each
flower, each carrying several anthers. Fumaria, Monniera.
— But Linnaeus has applied this term to the leguminosae^
in which nine of the stamens have their filaments united
into an androphore, and the tenth is distinct. PL JO,
fig. 9, a, b.
Triadelphous, iriadelpha. Three androphores, each carrying
several anthers. Hypericum ^gyptiacum. PI. 10,
%. 15.
Pentadelphous, pentadelpha. Five androphores. Melaleuca
hypericifolia.
Polyadelphous, polyadelpha. Several androphores. Me-
laleuca.
% Syngenesous, syfigenesa, syngenesica. Several stamens
ioined by their anthers. Most compositse, Lobelia, Viola.
PI. 11, fig. 27.
4. Proportion.
'Equal, SlamiJia ceqi/alia. All of the same length. Butomns,
Lilium, Borrago, Ledum, Tribulus.
Unequal, 'inceqiialia. Some longer than the others,
Labialse, Crucifer^, Oxalis, Lychnis, Silene, Gypsophila.
Didynamous, didynama. Four in number, two longer
than the other two. Labiatse.
Tetradynamous, tetradynama. Six in number, of which
four are longer than the others. Cruciferae. PI. 10, fig. 1.
5. Disposition.
Oppositive, Stami?ia oppositiva, peta lis opposita. Placed
opposite to the lobes of the corolla, or of the perigonium.
Lilium, Morus, Urtica, Statice, Primulaceae, Loranthese,
Vitis.
Interpositive, interpositiva, petalis alterna. Placed between
the divisions of a corolla, Boragineae, Umbelliferae ;
or of a simple perigonium, Elaeagnus.
^ Distant, distanlia. Lycopus.
Close, approximata. Touching the sides of one another.
Solanum, Borrago.