Jome technical Terms ufed in Botany. ^ 439 
- Favofus. Somewhat like a honeycomb. 
This term will be found very ufeful in decas the recepta- | 
cles of the clafs Syngenefia. | 
: Flagellum. Profeffor Gifeke wifhes to diftinguith a Caulis farmen- 
tofus by this title: but I think two names for one part unnecef- 
fary; and on the fame principle I reje& Culmus, Scapus and Frons, 
— for Caulis, Pedunculus and Folium. 
Mr AR: ere I would diftinguifh this by its having the 
lower part of the limb perfeétly horizontal with refpe& to the 
. tube: not by the fhortnefs of the tube, | 
` Jrregularis corolla, asain: ts dif fering in proportion. - oP 
The effential character of an a irregular. corolla feems to me to 
refpe& folely proportion. Many fpecies of Gladiolus have all the 
divifions of the corolla exactly alike, except the uppermoft being 
. alittle more erect ; and LIS: are evidently. irregular. 
| p-- ef aa - Forts defcribe the upper part of a — 
lated leaf by this term. Limbus I confine to corolla, even i in EE 
_petalous as well as monopetalous flowers. | 
— Lenticularis. Plas minus fphzricus margine acuto ; inftar feminum 
Dr acane etf, folie, Linn. : 
Somewhat linear, and much an than broad. - 
Ds s Figura fuperne femiovalis, inferne anguftior lateribus 
linea plus minus arcuatà excifis. —— 
; - The flowers of Ixia nasi Roch. aon an example of this 
T'a i 7 Maa Cens. 
