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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
Sinuated, sinuatum. Cut into sinuses, the divisions not 
being very deep. Cobea scandens. 
Lobed, lobatum. Cuts very deep. 
Two-lobed, bilobatum. 
Three-lobed, trilobatum. And so forth. 
3. Duration. 
Persisting, Nectarium persistens. Remaining after the 
ripening of the fruit. Cobea scandens. 
Vanishing, evanescens. Becoming smaller as the fruit 
ripens, and disappearing at last. Saxifraga hypnoides. 
Nectariferous Flakes. 
Lamince nectariferce , Glandular nectariferce . Small 
rounded flakes, performing the office of nectaries. Coty- 
ledon and some other crassulaceae, Crambe, Biscutella and 
other cruciferae, Hypericum iEgyptiacum, Xylophylla 
montana, Jatropha pandursefolia.— Tilia alba. 
APPENDAGES TO THE FLOWER. 
Nectaria Dinnceus , Appendicula florum. All those ano- 
malous integuments or organs , not included in the before- 
mentioned parts ; some of which appear to be abortive organs; 
others to be destined for the secretion of peculiar juices ; and 
a third set to be formed for the sake of variety, and of afford- 
ing means to distinguish the several races and families of 
vegetables ; so that a polytheist who should consider the work 
of creation to be performed by subordinate agents, under the 
inspection of The Supreme , might reasonably infer them to he 
mint marks for each agent to recognize his own handywork. 
Spur , Calcar , Productum , Nedarotheca , — cenlhrum . A 
hornlike or tubular projection of one of the floral integu- 
ments ; as of the calyx, Balsamine ; of the corolla, Linaria j 
or of the perigonium, Orchideae: it generally contains a 
nectariferous gland. 
Bunch, Gibbositas. A very short and obtuse spur. 
Cornet, Hood, Helmet, Cornu , Capulum , Galea. Broad 
spurs resembling the articles mentioned. 
Perapetalum , Nectarilyma. Any appendages attached 
to the corolla or its petals. Menyanthes. 
Peraphyllum. Any appendages attached to the calyx, 
Scutellaria ; or to the perigonium, Soda. 
