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Hanging down, penduli. Hanging perpendicularly to- 
wards the ground. Impatiens palustris. 
5. Number. 
Unique, Flos unions . Only one flower on the plant. 
Tulipa. Gesneriana, Narcissus majalis, Sarracenia pur- 
purea. 
Single, Flores solitarii. Flowers many, but only one in 
a place. Stramonium fcetidum, Vinca, Vicia lutea. 
By twos, hinati , hint geminati. Flowers many, growing 
only two together in a place. Chamsedrys palustris. 
By threes, ternati. Flowers many, growing three to- 
gether. Chamsedrys officinalis, C. laciniata. 
Aggregated, aggregati , cortgesli. Collected into a bundle. 
Polygonum aviculare, Trientalis Europsea, Cuscuta minor, 
Malva vulgaris, Buxus sempervirens, Ulmus campestris. 
Compound, composiii . Several flowers borne on the 
same peduncle in a regular manner. Salix, Graminese, 
Labiatse, Umbelliferee, Composite. 
6. Perfection. 
Complete, perfect, Flores completi, perfecti. Composed 
of the organs of both sexes, with two covers, the outer 
usually green, herblike, the inner of a finer texture, and 
coloured. Viola, Rosa canina. PI. 9, fig. 10, 12; PI. 10, 
fig. 15. 
Incomplete, incompleti. Wanting either the organs of 
one or both sexes, or one or both of the covers. Hyacin- 
thus, Narcissus, Galanthus, Crocus, Lupulus communis, 
Cannabis sativa, Cucumis sativus. 
Regular, regulares . When they may be divided from 
the centre, in three or more parts perfectly alike in all re- 
spects. Tulipa. PI. 9, fig. 9. 
Uniform, uniformes. When they may be divided by a 
longitudinal section into two parts perfectly alike. La- 
biatse, Cruciformes. PI. 10, fig. 8. 
Irregular, difformes , irregulares. When they cannot be 
mentally divided into two or more parts perfectly alike. 
7. Sex. 
Hermaphrodite, Flores hermaphroditi. Containing the 
organs of both the sexes. Lilium, Tulipa, Dianthus, and 
most plants. PI. 8, fig. 4; PI. 9, fig. 7, 9, 12; PI. 10, 
fig. 1, 2, 5, 13, 15. 
