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bai 2, Form. 
Globular, Semen spher icum, globosum. Brassica, Sian iss 
Pisum sativum, Vicia sepium. 
Globulous, globulosum. Globular, and also small. 
Nearly globular, subglobosum. 
Roundish, subrotundum. Asparagus officinalis, Ausculus 
Hippocastanum, Vicia lutea. 
_ Cubical, cubszcum. Vicia lathyroides. 
Ellipsoid, ellipsordeum. Once and a half, or twice as 
long as broad, equally round at each end, a swelled in- 
sensibly i in the middle. Quercus longeeva. 
Egglike, ovoideum. Once and a half, or twice as long 
as broad, round aft each end, the one Baal sharper than the 
other. Nymphasa, Ribes spincsam glabrum, Aconitum, 
Cocos nucifera. 
Tearlike, lachrymeforme. The small end sharper than 
in the egglike, and frequently compressed. Pyrus, Malus, 
Amyg edalus, Linum. - 
Elliptic, e/dipticum. Sisymbrium latifolium, Isatis tinc- 
toria. 
Oblong, oblongum. At least twice and a half as long as 
broad, and rounded at each end. Phoenix dactylifera, 
Lonicera Zeylanica. 
Topshape, furdinatum. Conical with a round base; the 
cone at least once and a half as high as broad. Bixa. 
Straight, reciilineum, rectum. Cheerophyllum aromati- 
cum, Hieracium glaucum. 
Kidneyshape, reniforme.  Papaver somniferum, Acer 
majus, Many malvaceze, Silene, Phaseolus. 
Bent, curved, arcualum, curvatum. Slightly bent. Ero- 
teum Wadutaniee Tournefortia mutabilis. 
Much bent, recurvum, recurvaium. Bent so that the two 
ends nearly meet. Potamogeton. 
Folded, replicatum. Folded in two, so that the two 
halves are close together, and even united. Alisma inajor, 
Damasonium Dalechampii, Sagittaria. 
Compressed, compressumt. Broader than thick. Fraxi- 
nus, Vicia vulgaris, Cucurbita esculenta. 
Orbicular, orbiculare. The edge circular. Carex di- 
vulsa, Ervum lens. 
Lentilshape, lenticulare, al tacit: -compr essum. Convex 
on both se with a sharp edge. Carex muricata, Ama- 
ranthus mino 
