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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
2. Form. 
Globular, Semen sphcericnm , globosum. Brassica, Sinapis, 
Pisum sativum, Vicia sepium. 
Globulous, globulosum. Globular, and also small. 
Nearly globular, subglobosum. 
Roundish, tubrotundum. Asparagus officinalis, AEsculus 
Hippocastanum, Yicia lutea. 
Cubical, cubicum. Vicia latbyroides. 
Ellipsoid, ellipsoideum. Once and a half, or twice as 
long as broad, equally round at each end, and swelled in- 
sensibly in the middle. Quercus longseva. 
Egglike, ovoidemn. Once and a half, or twice as long 
as broad, round at each end, the one end sharper than the 
other. Nymphsea, Ribes spinosum glabrum, Aconitum, 
Cocos nucifera. 
Tearlike, lachrymceforme. The small end sharper than 
in the egglike, and frequently compressed. Pyrus, Malus, 
Amygdalus, Linum. 
Elliptic, ellipticum. Sisymbrium latifolium, Isatis tinc- 
toria. 
Oblong, oblongum . At least twice and a half as long as 
broad, and rounded at each end. Phoenix dactylifera, 
Lonicera Zeylanica. 
Topshape, turbinatum . Conical with a round base; the 
cone at least once and a half as high as broad. Bixa. 
Straight, rectilineum , rectum. Chserophyllum aromati- 
cum, Hieracium glaucum. 
Kidneyshape, reniforme. Papaver somniferum, Acer 
majus, Many malvacese, Silene, Phaseolus. 
Bent, curved, arouatum , curvatum. Slightly bent. Ero- 
teum undulatum, Tournefortia mutabilis. 
Much bent, recurvum , recurvatum. Bent so that the two 
ends nearly meet. Potamogeton. 
Folded, replicatum. Folded in two, so that the two 
halves are close together, and even united. Alisma major, 
Damasonium Dalechampii, Sagittaria. 
Compressed, compressurn. Broader than thick. Fraxi- 
nus, Vicia vulgaris, Cucurbita esculenta. 
Orbicular, orbiculare. The edge circular. Carex di- 
vulsa, Ervurn lens. 
Lentilsh ape, lenticular e, rotunda to-compressum. Convex 
on both sides, with a sharp edge. Carex muricata, Ama- 
ranth us minor. 
