BOTANIC TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.

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JJMBUS.

STAMINA.

PERICARPIUM.

Expanding, patens, widely spreading.

Papilionaceous, papikonacea. in-regular, with the inferior petal

shaped like a ktel, carina, the upper one ascending, (the

banner) vexillum, the lateral ones solitary, (the wings) al<e.

Compound, compusita, consisting of many florets with a common

perianth, upon a common receptacle.Ligulate,(iguiai«,all the corollets of the florets flat towards the

Outward side.Tubular, tnhulnsa, all the corollets of the florets tubular nearly

equal.Radiated, radiata, the corollets of the disk tubular, but thoseof the circumference mis-shapen, ligulate.NacTAHYjiectortttm, the honey-bearing part proper to the flower.Proper, proprium, distinct from the petals and other parts.On the petal, ■pHalinum, from its insertion on the petals.STAMINA, stamens, an organ for the preparation of the Pollen.

Filament, fdamentum, the part elevating and connecting theanther.

Equal, having the same length.Unequal, some larger some less.Conjoined, many joined into one.Anther, anthera, a part of the flower which contains the Pollen,which when mature it scatters.

Distinct, distinct*, not cohering together.Conjoined, connate, many joined into one.Pollen, the powder contained in the Anthers.PISTIL, pistillum, an organ adhering to and fixed on the fruit inembryo.Germ, germen, the rudiment of the fruit.

Above, superum, included in the corol.Beneath, inferum, placed beneath the corol.Style, stylus, part of the pistil elevating the stigma from the

germ.Stigma, stigma, the top of the pistil.PERICARP, pericarpium, an organ of the plant containing seed. Thegerm in a state of maturity.Capsule, capsula, a hollow pericarp gaping in a determinate

manner.Valve, vahula, the coat by which the ft ait is covered externally.Cell, loculamentum, a hollow chamber as a place for the seeds.Partition, dissepimentitm, the wall by which the fruit is dividedinternally into many chambers.Two-capsuled, bicapsularis, from the number of the capsules..Two-celled, lilocularis, {torn the number of the cells.E3