915 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
Drawn in, retracta. Hidden by the cotyledons which 
are prolonged below their insertion on the blasteme. 
Acanthus, Quercus, Corylus. 
qf Slender, graciéis. Cheiranthus fr uticulosus. 
Conical, conica. In form of a reverse cone. Taba, La- _ 
biatae, Cucurbitaceze. 
'  Roundish, swbrotunda. Nearly globular. Viscum album, 
Berberis, Cassia Fistula. 
Eggshape, ovoidea. ~- Ribes, Castanea vesca, Glaucium | 
luteum. 
Clubshape, claveformis. Rhizophora. 
Flatted, depressa. Flattened as from top to bottom. 
Egle Mar melos, Thea. 
Pointed, acuta. Faba major. 
Blunt, plied: Cassia Fistula. 
Short, Urevis. Shorter than the cotyledons. Cassia 
Fistula. 
Long, longa. Longer than the cotyledons. Abies, Pinus, 
Symploca. 
{| Straight, rectilinea, recta. In the same direction as 
the axis of the cotyledons. Abietidese, Composite. 
Bent back, recurvata. Bent, so that it becomes nearer 
to the hile. Genista Hispanica. 
Bent backwards, regressa. Bent, but wh the tip point- 
ing from the hile. Cornucopize cucullatum. 
“Opposite, adversa, obversa, umbilicum spectans. Turned 
towards the hile. 
Directly opposed, directe adversa. The point of the ra- 
dicle turned towards the hile. Fraxinus, Composite, Um- 
belliferae, Genista. 
Opposed sideways, lateraliter adversa. Radicle turning 
its side to the hile. Rosacez, Ricinus. 
Inverted, znversa, aversa. Turned diametrically opposite 
to the hile. Polygonum scandens, Acanthus, Ceratophyl- 
lum cornutum. 
Lateral, lateralis. Turned towards-some other point 
than the tip or bottom of the seed. Commelina. 
Superficial, superficialis. The seed having a perisperm, 
the radicle spread on the surface of the kernel. Phoenix 
dactylifera, Commelina. 
€| High, alta, supera. Turned towards the summit 
of the fruit: Borraginee, Prunus, Amygdalus, Ricinus, 
Abietidese. 
Low, demissa. Turned towards the base of the fruit. 
Galium, Polemonium, Plantago stricta. 
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