26 AN INTRODUCTION 



The Figure of the stigma is either capitate, head- 

 ed as in Tribulus, Hugonia, Vinca, Ipomoea, and 

 Clusia; globose, globe-shaped, as in Primula, Hot- 

 tonia, Linnaea, and Limosella; ovate, egg-shaped, 

 as in Genipa; obtuse, blunt, as in Andromeda; 

 truncate, lopped, as in Maranta; pressed dozen ob- 

 liquely, as in Actea and Daphne;' ernargmaie, 

 notched, as in Melica ; orbicuiate, rounded, as in 

 Lythrum ; peltate, like a pelta, or little shield, as in 

 Sarracenia, Nymphaea, Clusia and Papaver; corom- 

 form, crown-shaped, as in Pyrola ; cruciform, cross- 

 shaped, as in Penaea ; ULcinate, hooked, as in Viola 

 and Lantana; canaliculate, grooved or channelled, 

 as in Colchicum, ecu cave, hollow as in Viola; an- 

 gulate, cornered, as in Muntinsjia ; stnate, streaked, 

 as in Papaver; plumose, feathery, as in Rheum, 

 Triglochin, Tamarix, and in Grasses; or pubescent, 

 downy, as in Cucubalus and Lathyrus. 



In respect to Lengih, it may be Jtliform, thread- 

 like, as in Zea; or as long as the style, as in Genipa. 



In respect to Thickness, it may be Joliaceous,- re- 

 sembling a thin leaf, as in Iris. 



In respect to Duration, it is either marcescent, wi- 

 thering, as in most plants; or persisting, as in Sarra- 

 cenia, Hydrangea, Nymphaea and Papaver. 



CHAP. XV. 



OF THE DIFFERENT SlUCTURES OF THE PERI- 

 CAR FILM. 



THE Variations of the pericarpium itself, in re- 

 spect to Number, arise properly from the number 

 of its capsules, that is, the number of parts into 

 which the fruit is externally divided, the internal 

 divisions respecting the loculaments. 



