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BRACTEdE. 
Leaf-like organs accompanying the flowers . 
Floral Leaf. 
Bractea. Leaf-like organs , placed near the flowers , and' 
frequently very slightly differing from the common leaves . 
Rounded, Bractea subrotunda . Salix viminalis. 
Heartshape, cordiformis , cor data. Melampyrum crista- 
turn, Salvia pratensis, S. bicolor, Lactuca virosa. 
Spearshape, lanceolata. Orchis morio, O. mascula, 
Orobanche major, Melampyrum arvense, Mentha rotundi- 
folia, Ribes alpina. 
Awlshape, subulata. Cephalanthera ensifolia. 
Bristlelike, seiacea . Mentha viridis. 
Keeled, carinata. Gomphrena globosa. 
Fringed, ciliata. Mentha viridis, Calamintha vulgaris, 
Brunella vulgaris, Carpinus ulmoides. 
Thornlike, spinescens. Salsola decumbens. 
Palmate, palmata. Fumaria bulbosa, Anthyllis vulne- 
raria. 
Feather-cut, pinnatifida. Melampyrum vulgatum. 
Comblike, pectinata. Melampyrum cristatum. 
Crowning, coronans. Forming a crown above the 
flowers. Fritillaria imperialis, Eucomis regia. 
Coloured, color at a. Melampyrum cristatum, Salvia ne- 
morosa. 
Flower-bearing, florfera. Bearing the flowers. Populus, 
Corylus, Salix, Larix, Cupressus. PI. 7, fig. 6. 
Bracteole. 
Bracteolee. Smaller floral leaves attached to the divisions oj 
an assemblage of flowers. 
Tuft. 
Coma. An assemblage of floral leaves crowning the tip of 
some spikes or racemes.— Salvia Horminum. 
Spathe. 
Spatha, Calopodium, Valva. A leaflike organ , which at 
first envelopes the flowers , but afterwards opens and lets 
them escape . 
Common, Spatha communis . Enclosing several flowers,. 
Arum, Phoenix. 
