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GENERAL FORM. 



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1. Of Figure. 



A. With respect to General Form. 

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1 . Conical (conicun, f pyramidalis) ; having the figure of a true cone ; as the 



prickles of some Roses, the root of Carrot, &c. 



2. Conoidal (conoideu) ; resembling a conical figure, but not truly one ; as 

 the calyx of Silene conoidea. 



3. Prism-shaped ( prismaticus) ; having several longitudinal angles and inter- 

 mediate flat faces ; as the calyx of Frankenia. 



4. Globose (globose, sphcericus, t globulosus) ; forming nearly a true sphere ; 

 as the fruit of Ligustrum, many seeds, &c. 



5. Cylindrical (cylindricus) ; having nearly a true cylindrical figure : as the 



stems of Grasses, and of most monocotyledonous plants. 



6. Tubular (tubulosw, f tubulatus) ; approaching a cylindrical figure, and 

 hollow ; as the calyx of many Silenes, &c. 



7. Fistulous (fistulosus) ; this is said of a cylindrical or terete body, which is 

 hollow, but closed at each end ; as the leaves and stems of the Onion. 



8. Cubical (f cubicus) ; having or approaching the form of a cube : a very rare 



form, chiefly occurring in some seeds, as that of Vicia lathyroides. 



9. Club-shaped (clavatus, f clawformis) ; gradually thickening upwards from a 

 very taper base ; as the appendages of the flower of Schwenkia, or the 

 style of Campanula and Michauxia. 



10. Turbinate, or top-shaped (turbinatus) ; inversely conical, with a contraction 

 towards the point ; as the fruit of some Roses. 



1 1 . Pear-shaped ( pyriformis) ; differing from turbinate in being more elongated ; 



as in many kinds of Pears. 



12. f Tear-shaped (f lachrymceformis) ; the same as pear-shaped, except that 



the sides of the inverted cone are not contracted ; as the seed of the Apple. 



1 3. f Strombus-shaped (t strombuliformis) ; twisted in a long spire, so as to 



resemble the convolutions of the shell called a Strombus ; as the pod of 

 Acacia strombulifera, or Medicago polymorpha. 



14. Spiral (spiralis) ; twisted like a corkscrew. 



