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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 197
% Honeycombed, alveolatum. Centunculus, Anagallis.
Tuberculated, tuberculatum. Stramonium.
Villous, villosum,. Cucubalus, Silene.
•[ Partitioning, septiforme. Enlarged into a partition.
Plantaginese, Cruciterse. This is the same as the placen-
tarian partition, but considered in another light.
Globular, sphccricurn, glohosum. Centunculus minimus,
Anagallis phoenicea.
Cylindrical, cylindraceum. Lychnis, Silene, Cerastium.
Th readlike, Jilijorme. Velezia.
Awlshape, suhukitum. Dodecatheon, Dianthus.
Three- sided, trigoman, iriqueter. Poleraonium vulgare,
Dodonaea viscosa.
Four-sided, tetragonum^ tetracpieter. Adoxa tuberosa.
Five- sided, pentagonurn, pentaqueter. Swietenia Maho-
gani.
Lobed, lohatum. Forming thick projections within the
cavity of the pericarp. Rhododendrum, Cucurbitaceae.
Radiating, radiaium. Rhododendrum, Cucurbitacete.
^ Central, centrale. Placed in the centre of the pericarpium.
Antirrhinum, Campanula, Saxifraga.
Axile, axile. Growing up from the bottom to the top
of the pericarpium, in the direction of its diameter. Lilium,
Digitalis, Polemonium.
Apicilar, apicilare. Placed at the top of the cavity of
the pericarpium. Umbelliferae.
Basilary, hanlare. Placed at the bottom of the cavity of
the pericarpium. Berberis, Chrysosplenium.
Fixed at bottom, basi/ixum, libenim. Attached only to
the bottom of the cavity of the pericarpium when ripe.
Primulaceffi, Silene.
Sessile, sessile. Fixed at bottom without any footstalk.
Footstalked, /jefl'?ce//fl/z/w.
Parietal, parieiale. Attached to the sides of the cavity
of the pericarpium. Ribes, Punica Granatum.—An axile
placentarium in a multilocular ovary, sometimes becomes
parietal in consequence of the absorption of several of the
cells.
One-sided, unilaterale. Attached to one side only of
the pericarpium. Many apocynese, Actsea, Leguminosae.
PI. 16,%. 2.
Two-sided, bilaterale. Ribes. PI. 17, fig. 4 and 5.
Three-sided, trilatsrale, and so on.
Valvular, valvare. Attached to the valves of a dehiscent
pericarpium. Orchis, Bixa, Orellana.