feme techhiciit Terms itjld in Bolany. 141 



ReceptacuJtim. The common fupport or bafe of more flowers than 

 one : it is a very important part in the clafs Syngenefia. 



Reclinatus. Curved lirfl: in a convex, then in a concave line; like 

 the leaves of many Ipecies of Erica. 



Scrobiculata pars depreflionibus majufctilis fuborbicularibus excava- 

 tnr ; ut colum Trientalis europea^^ Linn. 



Spiralis linca nno pluribufve circulis fenfim elevatur. 



The different parts of vegetables may be either fpirally inferted, 

 like the flo\Yers of Ophrys fpiralis, Linn, or fpirally direfted, like 

 the leaves of Cojltis fpecicfus, Smith. : or they may fpirally extend 

 themfelves, like the ftem of Fallifneria palujtris, Linn. 



Strophiola. A fungous or callous appendage placed about the hilum 

 in the feeds of many genera : it is very fingular in fome of the 

 fpecies of Mimofa and Glycine from New Holland. 



Toriian folium. More or lefs twifted. 



T-wifled parts fhould be accurately diftinguifhed from Jpiral 

 parts, though the fame direftion occurs in both : but in the for- 

 mer the axis of the fpiral line is in the parts themfelves; in the 

 latter quite diflinft, or out of them. 



Torus. The common fupport, or bafe, of the different parts of a 

 fimple flower. 



In many flowers it is very fmall, and entirely hid by the parts 

 inferred upon it; but in Ranunculus., PaJJiflora, Magnolia, and many 

 other genera, it becomes very confpicuous. 



Trapeziformis, An area with four unequal fides. 



Trochkaris. 



