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Diverging, divergentes. When they are nearer together 
at one end than at the other. Digitalis. 
Distant, remoti. Kept at a distance from one another, 
either by the filament, Begonia dichotoma; or by the con- 
nective, Salvia, Melissa grandiflora. 
Two-sided, lilaterales. Separated from one another by 
being placed on different sides of the filament. Kcemp- 
feria, Begonia dichotoma, or of the filament, Tradescan- 
tia Virginica. 
| Alike, semiles. Not differing from one another. Most 
flowers. . 
Unlike, disstmiles. Most salvize. 
CoNNECTIVE. 
Long, Connectivum extensum. Of a notable length. 
Salvia, Melastoma. 
Loose, /axum. Separating the lobes so that they do not 
touch. Melissa grandiflora. 
Contracted, contractum. Very short, and the lobes close 
together. Lilium. 
None, nwllum. ‘The anther being inserted immediately 
_ upon the filament, or some part of the flower. Graminez, 
Aristolochia, Acetosa pratensis. 
POLLEN. 
Powdery, Pollen pulverulentum. Composed of many 
distinct utricles, like a fine dust. 
q Elastic, elasticum. Lengthens when pulled, and con- 
tracts itself again. Orchis, Limodorum. 
Horny, corneum. In a hard mass, flexible like horn. 
Asclepias. 
- Grumous, grumosum, granulatum. Composed of many 
corpuscles united together, and placed on a receptacle; 
these corpuscles, attached to an axis, are squeezed together 
_ so as to form an ovoid mass, parted in two by a longitudinal 
groove. Orchis, Ophrys, Satyrium. PI. 12, fig. 9 and 10. 
Lobed, lobatum. ‘The pollen mass is divided into several 
lobes. Limodorum. 
Synstigmatic, synstigmaticum. The pollen mass is ter- 
minated below by a thread having at its end a corpuscle 
which adheres to the stigma. Many orchidee and ascle- 
piadee. 
{ Sea-green, slaucum. Some irides. 
Whitish, allidum. Acteea spicata, Salvia formosa. 
Yellowish, flavescens. Impatiens palustris. 
