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THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NECTARIES. 
THE term Nectary, like the Corolla, is also a* 
complex idea, like our words pigeon, dog, made up of 
many diiFerent individuals, indeed too numerous and 
diversified, to be distributed under heads, for every sin- 
gular appearance in different parts of the flower, even 
Unconnected vi^ith the corolla, for whatever is not calyx, 
or stamen, or pistillum, or corolla, whether it secretes 
hone}?^, or not, is called by botanists, the Nectary. 
The following are amongst the most prominent 
examples : — 
1. A SPUR, or horn {Nect, corniculatum)* 
% A small open cup [Cyathus apertus), small 
hollow cups, circularly ranged in the interior 
of the flower. 
A CUP CLOSED BY A LID {Cydtkus clausus)^ a 
similar arrangement of nectaries, as in the pre- 
ceding, but closed with a lid. 
4. Like the cut finger of a glove {Nect, 
companulatiim\ hollowed like the finger of a 
glove cut off but depending. 
5. Like a funnel, upright {Nect, Infundibuli- 
forme), 
Q. Like a slipper {Nect. calcei forme). 
7, A simple cavity {Fovea excwvata)^ an exca- 
vation at the base of each petal. 
