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§ 64. 
The caTkIn, (amentum s. julus), is along and 
always simple stem, which is thickly covered with 
scales, under which are the flowers or parts of the 
flower, fig. 37. Examples of this are found in the 
willows (Salices), hazle, Corylus avellana, &c. 
1. Cylindrical, (cylindricum), which is equally 
thick above and below. 
2. Attenuated, (astenuatum), which grows thinner 
and thinner to the point. 
3. Slender, (gracile), which is long, but has few 
scales, and also is slender in proportion to its length. 
4, Ovate, (ovatum), which is thick below and 
round, but grows gradually more slender to the 
point. | 
§ 65. 
In Mosses, the flowers are of a particular form, 
and there are the following different modes of infior- 
escence, viz. [los gemmiformis, flos capituliformis, flos 
disciformis. 
1. The flower formed like a bud, ( flos gemmi- 
forms), is commonly seated between the leaves of 
the Moss: it has, with the assistance of a moderate 
magnifying glass, or sometimes with the naked eye, 
the appearance of a swollen bud. 
2. The flower formed like a capitulum, ( flos. ca- 
pituliformis ), is a spherical, foliaceous substance which 
in Mosses appears raised on a peduncle, and is easily 
distinguished from the fruit, fig. 138. 
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