BOTANIC TERMS. 37$ 



539 Gluma, Geniculata (43) jointed. 



540 _ Recurvata (139) recurved. 



541 Amentum, ex Receptaculo (635) a catkin proceeding 



from a common receptacle, resembling the chaff of 

 corn. 



542 Spatha, a sheath, a kind of cup bursting out lengthways. 



543 Univalvis, of one valve, opening on one side. 



544 Dimidiata, halved, the inner one covering the 



fructification on one side, and the outer one 

 on the other. 



545 Calyptra, a veil or hood, covering the antherse, in 



mosses. 



546 _ Recta, straight, every where equal. 



547 Obliqua, oblique, bent on one side. 



548 Volva, a membranaceous calyx belonging to the fungi. 



549 Approximata, close to the head. 



550 Remota, at some distance from the head. 



5al Corolla, the termination of the inner bark, present in 



the flower. 

 552 Petalum, a petal, a part of the corolla when divided 



into many. 

 5a3 Tubus, a tube, the lower part of a flower with one 



petal. 



554 Unguis, a claw, the lower part of a polypetalous flow- 



er, by which it is fixed to the receptacle. 



555 Limbus, the upper part of a monopetalous flower ex- 



panded. 



556 Lamina, the upper spreading part of a polypetalous flower. 

 Corolla monopetala, vel polypetala ; &c. from one to 



many petals, or according to the number. 



557 i Regularis of an equal figure, the size of all the 



parts proportional to one another. 



558 Irregularis, when the limb and other parts are 



disproportionate. 



559 ,. Inaequalis, when the different sizes of the parts 



do not correspond but in proportion to one 

 another. 



550 i Glcbosa, globe-shaped. 



5f3l Campanulata, bell-shaped. 

 562 Iiifundibuiiforniis, funnel-shaped. 



563 Rotata, wheel shaped. 



564 Hypocraterifoi mis, salver- shaped. 



565 i Ringens, gaping, irregular, with two lips. 

 Galea, the upper lip gaping. 

 Labium, instead of gaping, the lower lip stands 

 forwards. 



A a 4 566 Faux 



