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Diverging, divergentes. When they are nearer together 
at one end than at the other. Digitalis. 
Distant, remoti . Kept at a distance from one another, 
either by the filament, Begonia dichotoma ; or by the con- 
nective, Salvia, Melissa grand iflora. 
Two-sided, bilaterales. Separated from one another by 
being placed on different sides of the filament. Kcemp- 
feria, Begonia dichotoma, or of the filament, Tradescan- 
tia Virginica. 
If Alike, similes. Not differing from one another. Most 
flowers. 
Unlike, dissimiles. Most salvise. 
Connective. 
Long, Connectivum extensum. Of a notable length. 
Salvia, Melastoma. 
Loose, laxum. Separating the lobes so that they do not 
touch. Melissa grandiflora. 
Contracted, contr actum. Very short, and the lobes close 
together. Lilium. 
None, nullum. The anther being inserted immediately 
upon the filament, or some part of the flower. Gramineae, 
Aristolochia, Acetosa pratensis. 
Pollen. 
Powdery, Pollen pulverulenlum . Composed of many 
distinct utricles, like a fine dust. 
% Elastic, elasticum. Lengthens when pulled, and con- 
tracts itself again. Orchis, Limodorum. 
Horny, corneum . In a hard mass, flexible like horn. 
Asclepias. * 
Grumous, grumosum , granulatum. Composed of many 
corpuscles united together, and placed on a receptacle; 
these corpuscles, attached to an axis, are squeezed together 
so as to form an ovoid mass, parted in two by a longitudinal 
groove. Orchis, Ophrys, Satyrium. PI. 12 , fig. 9 and 10 . 
Lobed, lobaium. The pollen mass is divided into several 
lobes. Limodorum. 
Synstigmatic, synstigmaticum. The pollen mass is ter- 
minated below by a thread having at its end a corpuscle 
which adheres to the stigma. Many orchidese and ascle- 
piadese. 
If Sea-green, glaucum . Some irides. 
Whitish, albidum. Actsea spicata, Salvia formosa. 
Yellowish, jlavescens. Impatiens palustris. 
