TERMS.] 



ESTIVATION. 



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6. Induplicate (induplicativa) ; having the margins bent abruptly inwards, and 

 the external face of these edges applied to each other without any twisting ; 

 as in the flowers of some species of Clematis. 



7. Conduplicate (conduplkativa, condupfyata) ; when the sides are applied 

 parallelly to the faces of each other. 



8. Plaited (plicativa, plicata) ; folded lengthwise, like the plaits of a closed 

 fan ; as the Vine and many Palms. 



9. Replicate (replicativa) ; when the upper part is curved back and applied to 



the lower ; as in the Aconite. 



10. Curvative (curvativd) ; when the margins are slightly curved, either back- 

 wards or forwards, without any sensible twisting. De Cand. 



11. Wrinkled (cowugata, corrugativa) ; when the parts are folded up irregularly 

 in every direction ; as the petals of the Poppy. 



12. Imbricated (imbricativa, imbricata) ; when they overlap each other 

 parallelly at the margins, without any involution. This is the true meaning 

 of the term. M. De Candolle applies it in a different sense. (Theorie, 

 ed. l.,p. 399.) 



13. Equitant (cquitativa, equitans, Link ; amplexa, De Cand.) ; when they over- 

 lap each other parallelly and entirely, without any involution ; as the 

 leaves of Iris. 



14. Reclinate (reclinata) ; when they are bent down upon their stalk. 



15. Circinate (circinatus) ; when they are rolled spirally downwards. 



1 6. Valvate (yalvata, valvaris) ; applied to each other by the margins only ; as 

 the petals of Umbelliferse, the valves of a capsule, &c. 



17. Quincunx (quincuncialis) ; when the pieces are five hi number, of which 

 two are exterior, two interior, and the fifth covers the interior with one 

 margin, and has its other margin covered by the exterior ; as in Rosa. 



18. Twisted (torsiva, spiraliter contorta) ; the same as contorted, except that 

 there is no obliquity in the form or insertion of the pieces : as in the petals 

 of Oxalis. 



1 9. Contorted (contorta) ; each piece being oblique in figure, and overlapping 



its neighbour by one margin, its other margin being, in like manner, over- 

 lapped by that which stands next it : as Apocynese. 



20. Alternative (altemativa) ; when, the pieces being in two rows, the inner is 



