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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
IT Adherent, adhcerens , infer a . United to the calyx, or 
perigonium, which covers it entirely. Campanulacese, Iris. 
Semi-adherent, semi-adhcerens . United at bottom with 
the calyx. Samolus. 
Free, inadhcerens, supera. Not united with the calyx or 
perigonium. Lilium, Papaveracese, Caryophylleae. 
*[ Opening outwards, exterius dehiscens . Lilium, Orchis, 
Convolvulus, Oxalis. 
Opening inwards, interim dehiscens. Opening in the 
centre, which can only take place in many-headed capsules. 
Nigella Hispanica, Saxifraga. PI. 16, fig. 24. 
Opening by the teeth, dentibus dehiscens. Statice, Pri- 
mula officinalis, Silene. 
Opening by cracks, fssuris dehiscens. Canna, Epiden- 
dron. 
Opening by holes, foraminihus dehiscens. Antirrhinum, 
in which the holes are irregular, and produced by the rup- 
ture of the sides of the pericarp. Papaver, in which the 
holes are regular, and produced by the gaping of the upper 
part of the valves. Ledum, Campanula. PI. 16, fig. 31. 
Opening at top, apice dehiscens. Antirrhinum majus, 
Papaver. 
Opening at bottom, Iasi dehiscens. Ledum, Campanula 
rigida, Fumaria bulbosa. PI. 16, fig. 25. 
Septifragal, septifraga. Opening opposite the partitions. 
Saxifraga, Ipomsea purpurea. PI. 16, fig. 29. 
Septicidal, septicida. Opening between the cells, the 
cells parting from one another, the partition splitting into 
tw r o flakes, one of which remains attached to each valve. 
Rhododendrum Ponticum. PI. 16, fig. 27. 
Loculicidal, locnlicida. Opening in the middle of the 
cells. Irideae. PI. 16, fig. 26. 
If a one-celled capsule, having parietal placentaria, 
opens so as to divide the latter longitudinally, the dehiscence 
is analogous to the septicidal ; but if it divides into two or 
more valves, each furnished with a parietal placentarium 
in its middle, the dehiscence is analogous to the loculicidal. 
COMPOUND FRUITS. 
Fructus etserionares, Fructus chorionares. Fruit com- 
posed of several simple fruits united together . 
