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•introduction to botany. 143
Flat, Filamentiim planum .
Filament.
1. Form.
Allium fragrans, Kcempferia,
Fissilia, Heisteria coccinea, Hermannia denudata.
Petal-like, petaliforme. Broad, thin, flexible and coloured
like a blossom. Kcempferia, Maranta arundinacea,
Calothamnus.
Two-edged, sword-edged, anceps. Canna Indica.
Awlshape, siibulatum. Tulipa, Butomus, Acer majus.
Wedgeshape, cuveiforme. Thalictrum petaloideum.
Nailshape, claviforme, clavatum. Thalictrum atro-pur-
pureum
.
Cylindrical, cylindricinn. The generality of plants.
Threadlike, capillare. Gram.inese, Plantago.
% Knobbed, iorulosum, nodosum. With swellings at a
small distance from one another. Sparmannia Africana.
Crenate, crenatum. Marked on the internal edge with
"wrinkles lying across, and forming creases.
Kneed, geniculatum. Bent like a knee or elbow joint.
Mahernia pinsata.
Appendixed, appendiculatum. Having an appendage,
which does not seem to belong to the filament, but to be
an extraneous addition. Borrago, Zygophyllum.
Spiral, spirale, tortum. Bent like a bellspring. Hirtella.
2. Base.
Enlarged, Filamentum dilatatum. Ornithogalum pallidum,
Campanula, Geranium pratense, Tamarix Gallica.
Arched, fornicatum. Enlarged and concave. Asphodelus.
Campanula.
3. Tip.
Sharp, Filamentum acutum. Lilium, Tulipa, Scutellaria
alpina, Ternstromia.
Blunt, ol'tusum. Anona triloba.
Headed, capitatum. Swelled into a head. Dianella,
Cephalotus.
Notched, emarg'inatum. Having a re-entering angle at
the tip. AUiumlsetum.
Two-forked, hifurcatum. Brunella, Crambe-
Three-pointed, tridentaium, tricuspidatmn. Allium porraceum.
Prominent, prominens. Lengthened out beyond the an-
ther. Paris quadrifolia, Anona triloba, Ternstromia el-
liptica.