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Two-edged, anceps. Ajax fenestralis, Narcissus majalis, 
Leucojum vernum. 
Cornered, angulosus. Triglochin palustre, Allium ur- 
sinum. 
Three-sided, tragonus. Alisma major, Sagittaria aquatica. 
Pipey, fistulosus. Cepa esculenta, ‘Taraxacum officinale. 
Bellied, ventricosus. Swelled out in one part of its 
length. Cepa esculenta. 
{| Scaly, squamosus. Clothed with scales, or rudiments 
of leaves. Tacalagh vulgaris, Petasites vulgaris. 
Sheathed, vaginatus. Enveloped among leaves, or clothed 
with a sheathing petiole. Musa Paradisiaca. 
4] One-flowered, “wnzflorus. Ajax fenestralis, Cyclamen. 
Pl. 8, fig. 5. 
Many-flowered, multiflorus. Hyacinthus nutans, Buto- 
mus umbellatus, Primula elatior. 
PEDUNCLE. 
Cylindrical, Pedunculus cylindricus. Statice pulchellum, 
Atropa lethalis, Ranunculus acris. 
Grooved, sudcatus. Ranunculus repens, R. bulbosus. 
-Threadlike, filiformis. Vicia tetrasperma, Fuchsia coc- 
cinea. 
Hairlike, capillaris. latine hastata, Erica vagans, Bi- 
dens tenella. 
Cornered, angulatus. Paris quadrifolia, Ranunculus 
bulbosus, Vicia multiflora. 
Three-sided, trigonus. Loranthus Stelis. a 
Four-sided, te¢ragonus. Convolvulus sepium. 
Kneed, geniculatus. Pelargonium. 
Thicker at top, apice incrassatus. Convolvulus arvensis, 
Solanum Melongena, Tragopogon porrifolium, Arnoseris 
pusilla. ~ 
Much thinner at bottom, apice attenuatus. Hieracium 
paniculatum. 
| Stiff, rigidus, strictus. 'Tropseolum majus. 
Weak, delilis. Ribes oxyacanthoides. 
Nodding, nutans. ‘The end inclining to the ground. 
Atropa lethalis, Aquilegia vulgaris, Ribes spinosum. 
Hanging down, pendulus. Inclining perpendicular to 
the ground. Cytisus Laburnum, Ribes rubrum. 
Turned, backed, refractus, retroflectus. Changing its di- 
rection suddenly, asif bent by force. Stellaria aquatica, 
Spergula arvensis. 
