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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 211
Not cotyledonic, Emhrio acotyledoneus. Without any
cotyledons, and of course conoisting only of a blasteme.
Cuscuta, Confervas.
One-cotyledon, monocohj iedoiieus. With only one cotyledon.
Gramineee, Liiiacese, Cyclamen Europseus, Zani-
dieilia.
Two-cotyledon, dicotyledoneiis . With
two cotyledons.
Labiatee, Compositse, Umbelliferse, Criiciferae, Rosacese,
Leguminosce.
Many-cotyledon, polycotyledon eus. With more than two
cotyledons. Pinus, Abies, Larix, Cedrus, Ceratophyllum.
^ Spherical, globular, sphcericus, glohulosus.
Ellipsoid, eilipsoideus. Quercus longseva.
Egglike, ovoideus, Juncus, Corylus, Nelumbo.
Conical, conicus. In form of a sugar-loaf. Epilobium
hirsutum.
Topshaped, iz^r^f7za/z/5. Nymphaea alba, Scirpus sylva-
ticus.
Threadlike, filiformis. Slender and cylindrical like a
thread. Typha, Allium, Atriplex, Damasonium Dalechampii.
Spindleshape, fusiformis. Long, and growing narrower
at each end. Triglochin palustre.
Clubshape, claviformis. Hyacinthus nutans.
Mushroomshape,y2i!wgz/br;72w. Having a hemispherical
broad head placed upon a cylindrical stem. Musa sapientum,
M. coccinea.
Heartshape, cordiformis. Azarum, Aristolochia, Gunnera.
Saucerlike, patelUformis. Flagellaria Indica.
Bucklershape, scutelliformis. Broad, more or less round,
dilTers but little from the preceding. Holcus.
Cylindrical, cylmdricus. Antirrhinum.
Sheavelike, irochlearis. Cylindrical, very short, narrower
in the middle, like the sheave of a pulley. Commelina
communis.
Lenticular, lenticularis. Ervum lens.
^ Straight, rectUineus, rectus. Neither bent, nor twisted.
Abietideae, Cupressidese, Taxideee, Aroideae.
Bent, arciiatus, curvatus. Vaccinium montanum. Galium
uncinatum, Papaver.
Bent back, recurvus, recurvaius. Bent so that the tip of
the cotyledons either touches the radicle, or approaches
Yevy close to it. NyctaginesS, Morus.
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