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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
Suckers. 
Haustoria. Tubercles placed on the stem, fastening it 
to another plant, and also serving to extract nourishment 
from the supporting plant. Cuscuta. 
Holdfasts. 
Fulcra. Tubercles serving to fasten a plant to other 
bodies, but not organized so as to extract nourishment from 
the support. Hedera communis, Fucus. 
FLOWER. 
Flos, in composition, — anthos. A temporary part of a 
vegetable , in which the fecundation of the ovules take place; 
and which consists essentially of the sexual organs. 
1. Situation. 
Root, Flores radicates . Proceeding from the crown of 
the root. Colchicum autumnale, Primula, Beilis, Sarra- 
cenia purpurea. PI. 8, fig. 5, b. 
Stem, caulinares . Proceeding from the stem. Cuscuta, 
Vicia sativa. 
Branch, rameales. Upon the branches. Daphne florida, 
Cucubalus bacciferus, Pyrus. 
Terminal, terminates. From the tip of the stem and 
branches. Pneumonanthe vulgaris, Eremocallis glomerata, 
Pastinaca. 
Leaf \foliares. Upon the leaves. Xylophylla montana, 
Ruscus aculeatus. PI. S, fig. 3. 
Petiolar, petiolares. Upon the footstalks of the leaves. 
Hibiscus moschatus. 
Axillary, axillares. From the axillce , or angles made by 
the leaves with the stem or branches. Polygonatum vulgare, 
Veronica fontinalis, Chamaedrys officinalis, Stramonium 
fcetidum, Vinca, Spartium scoparium, Vicia sativa. 
Extra-axillary, extra-axillares, laterales. Growing on 
the outside of the axillae. Solarium nigrum, Physalis, 
Capsicum. 
Super-axillary, super axillares. Growing above the axillae 
of the leaves. Boragineae. 
Opposite to the leaves, oppositifolii . Growing from a 
point diametrically opposite to the setting on of the leaf. 
Dulcamara ffexuosa, Sium nodiflorum, Tordylium maxi- 
mum, Phellandrium divaricatum, Batrachium heterophyl- 
lum, Erodium cicutarium, Vitis vinifera. 
