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(HI Cqnvexum (24-9), the disk elevated. 



642 Cqnicum, cone-shaped, rounded and lessening towards the 



point. 



643 Sub u latum (269), awl-shaped. 



644 Comfositus-flos, a compound flower, with the receptacle 



spread out and entire, the florets sessile. 



645 Aggregatus-flos, an aggregate flower, the receptacle en^ 



larged, and the florets on little peduncles. 

 ^46 Umbella, an umbel, a receptacle which, from a common 

 centre, runs out into thread-shaped foot-stalks of pro- 

 portionate lengths. 



647 Simplex, when the foot-stalks proceed from one and the 



same centre of the receptacle. 



648 Composita, when every foot-stalk of the general umbel pro- 



duces a partial umbel. 



649 Universalis, composed of many simple umbels. 



650 Partialis, a little umbel, a part supported by the universal 



umbel. 



65 1 Prolifera, an umbel more than decompound. 



652 Cyma, a receptacle producing many foot-stalks from the 



same centre, that are of unequal lengths, the partial 

 ones irregular on long fastigiate peduncles. 



653 Rachis, a thread-shaped receptacle, the flowers adhering to 



it lengthwise, and forming a spike. 



654 Spadix, a receptacle of a palm, produced within a spatha or 



sheath, divided into branches that bear the fruit. 



655 Bulbus, is an hybernacle placed on the descending caudex, 



and contains the rudiment of the plant and leaf that 

 perishes. 



656 Solidus, a solid fleshy bulb, without any internal divisions. 



657 Tunicatus, bulbs having coats lying over each other, like 



the onion. 



658 Squamatus, bulbs consisting of imbricated scales, as in the 



lily. 



•659 Caulinus, bulbs growing on the stalk of the plant. 

 G60 Gemma, a bud, is a hybernacle of the future plant with its 

 leaves. 



