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162 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
Sinuated, sinuatum. Cut into sinuses, the divisions not
being very deep. Cobea scandens.
Lobed, lohatum. Cuts very deep.
Two-lobed, hilohatum.
Three-lobed, trilobatum. And so forth.
3. Duration.
Persisting, Nectarmm persistens. Remaining after the
ripening of the fruit. Cobea scandens.
Vanishing, evanescens. Becoming smaller as the fruit
ripens, and disappearing at last. Saxifraga hypnoides.
Nectariferous Flakes.
LamincB nectarifero', Glandulcp nectariferce. Small
rounded flakes, performing the office of nectaries. Cotyledon
and some other crassulacess, Crambe, Biscutella and
other cruciferae, Hypericum jEgyptiacum, Xylophylla
montana, Jatropha pandursefolia.—Tilia alba.
APPENDAGES TO THE FLOWER.
Nectaria Linnceus, Appendicula florum. All those anomalous
integuments or organs, not included in the heforementioned
parts ; some of ivhieh appear to he abortive organs j
others to he destinedfor the secretion of peculiar Juices ; and
a third set to he formedfor the sake of variety, and of affording
means to distinguish the several races and families of
vegetables ; so that a polylheist ivlio should consider the work
creation to he performed by subordinate agents, under the
of
inspectio?! of The Supreme, might reasonably infer them to he
mint marksfor each agent to recog?iize his ow?i handywork.
Spur, Calcar, Froductum, Nectarotheca,—cenlhrum. A
hornlike or tubular projection of one of the floral integu-
ments ; as of the calyx, Balsamine ; of the corolla, Linaria
or of the perigonium, Orchidese: it generally contains a
nectariferous gland.
Bunch, Gibbositas. A very short and obtuse spur.
Cornet, Hood, Helmet, Cornu, Capulum, Galea. Broad
spurs resembling the articles mentioned.
Perapetalum, Nectarilyma. Any appendages attached
to the corolla or its petals. - Menyanthes.
Peraphyllum. Any appendages attached to the calyx^
or to the perigonium. Soda.
Scutellaria j
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