Download PDF

INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 207
HiLE.
Eye of the seed. Base of the seed, HUum, Hyliis, Umbilicus,
Cicatricula, Fenestra. A scar upon the surface of' the
outer skin of th'e seed, which shoivs the point hy ivhich the
umbilical cordfastened the seed to the mother-plant.
The liile is frequently placed in the middle of a spot,
hollow, or elevation, and in describing plants this spot, &c.
is included in the signification of the word hile.
Dotlike, Hilum punctiforme. Cruciferse.
Linear, lineare. Long, narrow, with the sides parallel.
Faba.
Line-like, lineolare. Resembling a plain stroke, Commelina
communis.
Orbicular, orliculare. ^sculus.
Elliptic, ellipticum. Phaseolus. :
Heartshape, cordforme. Areca, Cardiospermum.
Convex, convexum. jEscuIus.
Concave, concavum. Cyclamen vernum.
Strophiolate, strophiolatum. Composed of a row or rows
of tubercles. Polygalese. ^
Comose, comosum. Woolly, Polygalese. '
Ambiguous, amhiguum. Corresponding at the same time
to the two ends of a bent or folded seed.
Omphalode.
Omphalodium. A protuberant point, usually placed in
the middle of the cicatrix, where the nutrimental vessels en-
tered the seed.
Foramen.
Micropyla. A point near the hile, which appears to he
the place where the fecundatmg vessels entered the seed.
Spile.
Spilus. A small spot under thefirst cover of the fruit of
the graminecB at the internal base, which appears to be the
real umbilicus or point where the vessels of the pericarpium
enter the spermoderme, which is closely united with the peri-
carp.
Prostype.
Prostypum, Prostypum funiculare. A slight elevation
on the surface of the seed-covers, formed by the internal
elongation of the vessels of the umbilical cord.