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SOLUTj^ Stlpula Ifilvor, to be loofed] 

 loofe, as in moft plants, oppofed to adnata, 



SPADICEUS [from Spadlx] applied to an 

 aggregate flower, whofe Reieptaculum, com- 

 mon to n\d.uY JlofcuUt is within a Spatha, 



SPADIX, the Receptaculum of a palm ; ^ 

 Pedunculus which proceeds from a Spaiha. A 

 Spadix may be: either branched, as in palms ; or 

 fimplex, as in Dracoiitium, &c. 



SPAR SI Rami, PeduncuU, Folia ; fcattered 

 ■without order ; uhi plures alfque ordine progna- 

 fcuntur, fays Linnaeus. With regard to branch- 

 es, an accurate obferver will find, that, not- 

 withftanding their irregular appearance, they 

 form a fpiral line round the trunk, regularly 

 completing the circle in a determinate number 

 of fteps. The Folia fparfa are exemplified 

 in the LUium candid, bulblfcr. componium. 



SPATHA, [from 29r«T9;, coriu!)!, flcin] the 

 Calyx is fo called when it opens longitudinally, 

 refembling a flieath, and envelopes a Spadix, 

 which properly means the receptacle of a palm ; 

 but this term is generally applied to other 

 plants whofi fiower-ftalks proceed from a 



fheath. 



