376 AN EXPLANATION OF 



566 Faux, the jaws gaping between the divisions of the co 



rollae, where the tube terminates. 



567 Corolla personata (565) gaping, but shut between the 



lips with a palate. 



568 Cruciata, having four equal spreading petals. 



569 Concava (248) hollow. 



570 Patens (134) spreading. 



571 i Papilionacea, butterfly-shaped, irregular. Ca- 



rina, the keel, the lower petal often in form 

 of a boat. Vexillum, the standard, or upper 

 petal ascending. Ala, the wings, standing 

 single on each side. 



572 . i i Composita, compound flowers, having many 



florets in a common perianthium, above the 

 common receptacle. 



573 i i Ligulata, tongue-shaped, florets whose limb is 



plane, and expanded outward. 



574 i Tubulosa, florets that arc all tubular and equal. 



575 . Radiata, when the florets are tubular in the disk, 



and radiate and ligulate in the margin. 



576 Nectarium, honey-pores, that part of the flower bear- 



ing honey. 



577 ,., Proprmm, properly so called, as a distinct 



part from the petal. 

 573 . - Petalinum, when inserted into the petal. 



579 Stamen, the male organ of generation furnished with a 



viscus, designed for the preparation of the pollen. 



580 Filamentum, thread, the part that elevates, and is con- 



nected to the antherae. 



581 i . j. . : ^Equalia, equal, when they are all of an 



equal length. 



582 . Inaequalia, unequal, when some are long 



and others short. 



583 ..-. Connata, when joined in one body, but 



their number, figure, and insertion ex- 

 pressed. 



584 Anthera, that part of the flower big with the pollen, 



which jt emits when come to maturity. 



585 . Distinct*, not cohering. 



586 Connatse, joined by the sides into one body. 



537 Pollen, powder, of the antherae, destined for the im- 

 pregnation of the germen, and bursting in a viscous 

 humour, into fine atoms, is by a prolific blast scat- 

 tered on the stigma. 



Pistilium, a viscous humour adhering to the fruit for 

 the reception of the pollen ; and is the female or- 

 gan of generation, 589 Gei> 



