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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
SUPPORTERS OF THE FLOWER. 
Fulcra floris. Distinguished from the stem and its branches 
by not bearing any Leaves like those of the other parts of 
the plant . 
Species. 
Scape, Scapus. A supporter of the flower arising im-. 
mediately from the crown of the root, and appearing like a 
naked stem. Plantago, Hyacinthus, Tulipa, Cepa. PL 8, 
fig. 5 c. 
Flower-stalk, Peduncle, Pedunculus , — pes, — podos, 
— pus. A supporter of the flower growing out of the stem, 
or its divisions. Most plants, all trees. PI. 8, fig. 2. 
Spadix. A supporter accompanied with a spathe, 
Arum maculatum. Calla /Ethiopica. PI. 7> fig. 12 c. 
Anthurus . Long peduncles bearing flowers in bundles. 
Receptacle of the flower, Clinanthe. Receptaculum floris 9 
Clinanthmm, Phoranthium , Thalamus , Amphantmm. The 
enlarged tip of a peduncle, supporting several sessile 
flowers. Composite, Dipsacese, Dorstenia, Ficus. 
Rachis , Axis, Receptaculum flliforme. An elongation of 
the supporter bearing several flowers, either sessile, or 
upon pedicells. Gramineae. PL 8, fig. 1, 6 and 7, 
Pedicell, pedicellus . The last divisions of a branched 
support, to which the flowers are attached. 
Scape. 
Simple, Scapiis simplex. Plantago lanceolata, Taraxa- 
cum officinale, Hieracium repens, Statice pulchellum. PL 8, 
fig. 5 c. 
Branched, rcimosus. Limonium vulgare, Alisma major, 
5) Intrafoliaceous, intrafoliaceus. Growing among the 
root-leaves. Hyacinthus, Plantago, Taraxacum officinale, 
Beilis perennis. 
Extrafoliaceous, extrafoliaceus. Springing from a dif- 
ferent point than the root-leaves. Convallaria majalis, 
Limodorum purpureum. 
51 Cylindrical, cylindricus. Hyacinthus nutans, Tulipa, 
Butomus umbellatus, Taraxacum officinale, Beilis perennis. 
Half-cylindrical, hemicylindricus . Flat on one side, con- 
vex on the other. Convallaria majalis, Hyacinthus Ori- 
entalis, Allium ursinum. 
Compressed, comprcssus , Pancratium declinatum, Ama- 
ryllis longifolia. 
