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212 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. '
Knee-bent, gejiiculatus . Folded so as to form an angle..
Guettarda speciosa.
Folded, replicatus, conduplicaius. Folded in two, and
the folds brought close together. Alisma, Sagittaria, Damasonium.
Ringlike, annularis. Slender, long, bent so that the
cotyledon end touches the radicular. Salsola, Silene.
Pill-like, in orhem contractus. Bent so as to form a ball.
Sin apis alba.
Spiral, spiralis, cochleatus. Bent in a spiral. Salsola
tragus, Cuscuta Europasa. PI. 13, fig. 14.
Qvooked., flexuosus. Bent in different directions. Anguillaria
Bahamensis.
% Enclosed, reclusus, inclusus. Shut up in the perisperm.
Anagallis phoenicia, Campanula, Galium.
Axile, axilis. Slender, surrounded with a perisperm,
and placed in a straight line from one point to that diametrically
opposite. Typha, Plantagineee, Fraxinus, Campanula,
Berberis, Saxifrageee.
Medial, 7nediaris. Spread out broad, placed in the
middle of the perisperm, and dividing it into two nearly
equal parts. Cassia Fistula, Ricinus, Hura crepitans.
Central, centralis. In the centre of the perisperm.
Taxus baccata. Ph 13, fig. 22.
Excentric, exceniricus. Enclosed in the perisperm, but
not placed in the centre. Cyclamen.
External, exterior. On the surface of the perisperm.
Scirpus, Gramineae, Nymphsea.
Peripheric, periphcericus, alhumine circumpositus. External,
and surrounding the greater part of the perisperm.
Mirabilis, Silene. Very rare.
Nearly peripheric, sulperiphcericus. The perisperm that
forms the central part of the kernel throws out the embryo,
which spreads in a very thin flake over its surface. Atriplices,
Amaranthidese.
Crosswise, transversus. Long, and nearly parallel to
the hile. Asparagus officinalis, Plantaginese, Cyclamen
Europseum, Primulacese, Polemonium, Many boraginese.
Oblique, ohliquus. One end further from the axis of the
seed than the other. Graminese.
On the side, lateralis. Thrust on one side. Gramineae,
Polygonum scandens. Cyclamen.
At the base, hasilaris. Placed entirely at the bottom of
the seed near the hile. Cyperacese, Juncus, Asarum,
Aristolochia, Pedicularis, Umbelliferse, Papaver, Aconitum,
Ranunculus.