fame lechn'tcal Terms ufcd in Botany. j^g 



Tavofus. Somewhat like a honeycomb. 



This term will be found very ufefiil in defcribing the recepta- 

 cles of the clafs Syngenefta, 



"Flagellum, ProfefTor Gifeke wiflics to diftinguifh a Caulis farmen- 

 tofus by this title : but I think two names for one part unnecef- 

 fary; and on the fame principle I reje6l Culmus, Scapts and Frons, 

 for Cau/isy Pedunculus and Folium: 



Hypocrateriformis corolla. I would diftinguifh this by its having the 

 lower part of the limb perfectly horizontal with refped to the 

 tube : not by the fliortnefs of the tube. 



Irregularis corolla. Having its parts differing in proportion. 



The effential chara£ler of an irregular corolla feems to me to 

 refpedt folely proportion. Many fpecies of Gladiolus have all the 

 divifions of the corolla exadlly alike, except the uppermoft being 

 a little more ere£l ; and yet they are evidently irregular. 



Lamina. I always, with Forfkal, defcribe the upper part of a petio- 

 lated leaf by this term. Limbus I confine to corolla, even in poly- 

 petalous as well as monopetalous flowers. 



Lenticularis. Plus minus fplijericus margine acuto ; inflar femiiium 

 Draccence enJifoUa^ Linn. 



Ligulaius. Somewhat linear, and much longer than broad. 



Lyraformis. Figura fuperne femiovalis, inferne anguftior latcribus 

 linea plus minus arcuata excifis. 



The flowers oi Ixia grandijiora, Roch. afford an example of this 

 term. 



T 2 Marce/cens. 



