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body, which is hollow, but closed at each end, as the leaves 
and fetems of the onion. 
8. Cubical (f cuhicus) ; having or approaching the form of a 
cube : a very rare form, chiefly occurring in some seeds, as 
that of Vicia lathyroides. 
9. Club-shaped (ckwatus, f claviformis) ; gradually thickening 
upwards from very a taper base ; as the appendages of 
the flower of Schwenkia, or the style of Campanula and 
Michauxia. 
10. Turbinate, or top-shaped (turbinatus) ; inversely conical, with 
a contraction towards the point, as the fruit of some roses. 
1 1 . Pear-shaped {jpyriformis) ; differing from turbinate in being 
more elongated, as in many kinds of pears. 
12. f Tear-shaped lachrymceformis) \ the same as pear-shaped, 
except that the sides of the inverted cone are not contracted ; 
as the seed of the apple. 
13. f Strombus-shaped ( j- strombuliformis) ; twisted in a long 
spire, so as to resemble the convolutions of the shell called a 
Strombus; as the pod of Acacia strombulifera, or Medicago 
polymorpha. 
l^. Spiral (spiralis) ; twisted like a corkscrew. 
15. Cochleate (cockleatus) ; twisted in a short spire, so as to 
resemble the convolutions of a snail-shell ; as the pod of 
Medicago cochleata, the seed of Salicornia. 
16. Turnip-shaped (napiformis) ; having the figure of a de- 
pressed sphere ; as the root of the turnip radish, &c. 
17. t Placenta-shaped (f placentiformis) ; thick, round, and con- 
cave, both on the upper and lower surface ; as the root of 
Cyclamen. 
