36 NOMENCLATURE. 



Connivent (cojinivcns), when the parts, without being 

 connected, arc yet bent towards one another, as, for instance, 

 the anthera? of Cyphia serrata; (Tab. VIII. Fig. 3.) 



Incumbent {inciimbens), when a part rests upon the sur- 

 face of another part, without being united with it, as the ra- 

 dicle on the cotyledons of Erysimum liieracifolium ; (Tab. I. 

 Fig. 33.) On the contrary, accumbent (accumhens)^ is used 

 when a part is placed upon the sharp edge of another, as the 

 radicle on the margin of the cotyledons of Shiapis nigra; 

 (Tab. I. Fig. 34.) 



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The opposite of proximity is expressed by the terms distant 

 {dh'tans), remote {remotiis). Rare {rarus) is the opposite of 

 coiifertiis : Lax {laocus), the opposite of coardatus ; and a 

 higher degree of the former, when the pai-ts hang loosely 

 downwards in all directions, is commonly denominated diffw- 

 sus and flaccidus. 



The opposite of contiguous is discrete (discrctus) ; (Tab. 

 VIII. Fig. 3. 4.) 



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When one part is placed immediately upon another, it is, 

 in general, said to be sessile {scssilis). But of this there are 

 several varieties. 



One part may form a joint with another ; it is then said to 

 be articulated {artkidatus) . It may grow along with it 

 (con?iatus)y or it may have a general connection with it (co- 

 lifrirns). When plain surfaces pass into one another, they 

 are said to be confluent (conjluentes')^ as in the IVuit of Li- 

 chens. 



When one organ, with its lower surface, embraces an- 

 other, it is called amplexans, whence Folia amplexicaulia ; 

 and when this lower surface extends itself in the shape of 

 a saddle on both sides, the organ is called rkUng {cqii'itam). 

 When it descends, in the form of a sheath, around the other 

 body, it is called vag'inans. 



When one organ is sunk into another, it is said to be im- 



