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q Fertile, fertilis, fecunda. Containing pollen. Most 
plants. : | 
- Barren, sterilis. Not containing pollen. Five stamens 
out of the ten in musa, 3 out of 6 in cassia grandiflora, 
9 out of 10 in Bauhinia, 5 out of 8 in fissilia disparilis. 
8. Opening. 
By slits, Anthera fissuris dehiscens. Most plants. 
‘By pores, poris dehiscens. Arum, Galanthus, Solanum, 
Pyrola, Humulus. 
One-holed, wnzforata. 
Two-holed, liforata. Solanum. PI. 11, fig. 26. 
By a cover, operculo dehiscens. Brosimum. 
By valves, valvulis dehiscens. Berberis, Epimedium.— 
The number of valves is to be mentioned. 
Three-valved, trivalvis. 
Four-valved, guadrivalvis, &c. 
On the fore part, parte antica dehiscens. Opening by the 
part looking towards the centre of the flower... The gene- 
rality of anthers. 
On the hind part, parte postica dehiscens. Opening by 
the part looking towards the circumference of the flower. 
Tris, Calycanthus. 
By the tip, apice dehiscens. Galanthus, Solanum, Erica, 
Ephedra. 
By the base, bast dehiscens. Pyrola. 
Lengthways, longitudinaliter dehiscens. ‘The opening of 
the valves parallel to the sides of the lobes. Lilium, Tulipa. 
Cross-ways, ¢ransversim dehiscens. The opening of the 
valves running from one side to the other. Lavandula.— 
This expression is not to be taken strictly, as the appear- 
ance arises only from the divergence of the lobes. 
LoBEs. 
Confluent, Lobi confluentes. Uniting so as to appear 
only a single lobe. Plectranthus. 
Distinct, distincti. The contour of each being well 
marked. Lilium, Tradescantia Virginica. 
Near together, approvimati. Touching each other, but 
perfectly distinct. Lilium, Acetosa pratensis. 
Parallel, paralleli. When they run together for some 
length, without altering their distance. Koempferia, Anona — 
triloba. i! 
Superimposed, superpositi, Placed one upon another. — 
Monarda. ‘ 
