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OPERCULUM, or bud-cap: Shape. (See diagrams, page 8.) 



• 00 0010 Hemispherical. 



•00 0020 Hemispherical with a short tip or beak. 



•00 0030 Hemispherical-conical. 



•00 0040 Egg-shaped, i.e., obtusely conical. 



•00 0050 Conical. Near hemispherical-conical, but more acute. 



•00 0060 Tapering to a point (narrow conical). 



•00 0070 Long with a blunt apex, or more or less oblong. 



•00 0080 With a drawn-out, or dilated base, conical, tapering or flat. 



•00 0090 Square, quadrangular, or cross-shaped. 



Colour (LUSTRE) of the leaves. 



•00 0001 Shining. 

 •00 0002 Dull. 



