TERMS.] 



OUTLINE. 



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91. Mushroom-headed (fungiformis> fungilliformis) ; cylindrical, having a 

 rounded, convex, overhanging extremity ; as the embryo of some mono- 

 cotyledouous plants, as Musa. 



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.02. f Nave-shaped (-\-modioliformis); hollow,, round, depressed, with a very 

 narrow orifice ; as the ripe fruit of Gaultheria. 



93. Hooded (cucullatus); a plane body, the apex or sides of which are curved 

 inwards, so as to resemble the point of a slipper, or a hood ; as the leaves 

 of Pelargonium cucullatum, the spatha of Arum, the labellum of Pharus. 



94. f Saddle-shaped (sellceformis) ; oblong, with the sides hanging down, like the 

 laps of a saddle ; as the labellum of Cattleya Loddigesii. 



95. Turgid (twgidus); slightly swelling. 



96. Bladdery (inflatus) ; thin, membranous, slightly transparent, swelling equally, 

 as if inflated with air ; as the calyx of Cucubalus. 



97. Bellying (yentricosm) ; swelling unequally on one side ; as the corolla of 

 many labiate and personate plants. 



98. Regular (regularis) ; in which all the parts are symmetrical. A rotate corolla 

 is regular ; the flower of a Cherry is regular. 



99. Irregular (irregularis) ; in which symmetry is destroyed by some inequality 



of parts. A labiate corolla, and the Violet, are irregular. 



1 00. Abnormal (abnormis) ; in which some departure takes place from the ordi- 

 nary structure of the family or genus to which a given plant belongs. Thus, 

 Nicotiana multivalvis, hi which the ovarium has many cells instead of two, 

 is unusual or abnormal. 



101. Normal (normalis) ; in which the ordinary structure peculiar to the family 

 or genus of a given plant is in nowise departed from. 



B. With respect to Outline. 



1. Outline (ambitus, circumscriptio) ; the figure represented by the margin. 



2. Linear (linearit) ; narrow, short, with the two opposite margins parallel. 



3. f Band-shaped (f fasciarius) ; narrow, very long, with the two opposite 



margins parallel ; as the leaves of Zostera marina. 



4. Strap-shaped (liyulatus, loratus) ; narrow, moderately long, with tihe two 



opposite margins parallel ; as the leaves of Amaryllis equestris. 

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