CLASS I. 
INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE TERMS. 
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13. Equitant (equitativa, equitans, Link; amplexa, De Cand.) ; 
when they overlap each other parallelly and entirely, without 
any involution ; as the leaves of Iris. 
14. Reclinate (reclinata) ; when they are bent down upon their 
stalk. 
15. Circinate {circinatus) ; when they are rolled spirally down- 
wards. 
16. Valvate (yalvata, valvaris)\ applied to each other by the 
margins only ; as the petals of Umbelliferae, the valves of a 
capsule, &c. 
17. Quincunx (^quincuncialis) ; when the pieces are five in num- 
ber, of which two are exterior, two interior, and the fifth 
covers the interior with one margin, and has its other margin 
covered by the exterior ; as in Rosa. 
18. Twisted (torsiva, spiraliter contorta) ; the same as contorted, 
except that there is no obliquity in the form or insertion of 
the pieces ; as in the petals of Oxalis. 
19. Contorted (contorta); each piece being oblique in figure, 
and overlapping its neighbour by one margin, its other mar- 
gin being, in like manner, overlapped by that which stands 
next it ; as Apocyneae. 
20. Alternative (alternativa) ; when, the pieces being in two 
rows, the inner is covered by the outer in such a way that 
each of the exterior rows overlaps half of two of the interior ; 
as in Liliaceae. 
21. Vexillary (vexillaris) ; when one piece is much larger than 
the others, and is folded over them, they being arranged face 
to face ; as in papilionaceous flowers. 
22. Cochlear (cochlearis) ; when one piece, being larger than the 
others, and hollowed like a helmet or bowl, covers all the 
others ; as in Aconitum, some species of personate plants, &c. 
2. Of Direction. 
1. Erect (erectus, arrectus) ; pointing towards the zenith. 
2. Straight (rectus) ; not wavy or curved, or deviating from a 
straight direction in any way. 
3. Very straight (strictus) ; the same as the last, but in 
excess. 
4. Swimming (natans) ; floating under water ; as Confervae. 
5. Floating (jiuitans) ; floating upon the surface of water ; as 
the leaves of Nuphar. 
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