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Opposite to the leaves, oppositifolia. Fumaria officinalis. 
€ Cylindrical, cylindrica. Trasus pendulus, Typha, - 
Female flowers of zea mays, Loroglossum hircinum, Bis- 
torta major, Verbascum decurrens. f 
Eggshape, ovoidea. Luzula campestris, Persicaria am- 
phibia, Poterium minus, Trifolium pratense. 
Oblong, ol/onga. Luzula spicata. 
Slender, gracilis. Listera ovata, Persicaria acris. 
Threadlike, filiformis. Verbena officinalis, V. triphylla. 
Thick, crassa. Typha latifolia, Female flowers of zea 
mays, Orobanche major. 
Four-cornered, guadrangularis. Melampyrum cristatum. 
Compressed, compressa. Flattened on the sides. Tri- 
ticum cristatum. 
€ Loose, open, /ara. Platanthera bifolia, Melampyrum 
arvense, Fumaria officinalis. 
Close, compact, compacta. ‘The flowers pressed close 
towards each other, and hiding the axis entirely.. Typha 
latifolia, Trasus pendulus, Orchis maculata, Persicaria 
amphibia, Bistorta major, Plantago media, Mentha sylves- 
tris, Phyteuma spicata, Trifolium arvense, Melilotus offi- 
cinalis. 
Interrupted, inferrupia. Flowers placed on the axis in 
groups, or whirls at some distance from each other. Pota- 
mogeton compressum, Damasonium Dalechampii, Lavan- 
dula Tragi, Mentha rotundifolia, Lythrum spicatum. 
With fiowers in whirls, verticiliiflora. Composed of 
flowers in whirls. Lythrum spicatum, Mentha rotundi- 
folia, Myriophyllum spicatum. 
1. Whirls distant, verticillis distantibus, v. remotis. Ata 
good distance from one another. Rumex palustris, Pule- 
gium aromaticum. 
2. Whirls slightly distant, verticillis approximatis, v. re- 
motiusculis. At a small distance from one another. Mentha ™ 
viridis. . 
3. Whirls crowded, verticillis confertis. Not sensibly 
distinct one from another. Rumex maritimus, Mentha 
sylvestris. 
Rolled up, circinalis. Rolled up on es Heliotropium 
_Europzum, Hyoscyamus niger. PI. 7, fig. 3. 
{ Leafy, folzata. Rhinanthus glaber, Odontites rubra, 
Hyoscyamus niger, Orontium arvense. 
Crowned, comosa. Terminated at top by leaves, or large 
bractez. Salvia Horminum, Lavandula Steechas, Euchomis 
regia, Bromelia Ananas. 
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