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Not cotyledonic, Emlrio acotyledoneus . Without any 
cotyledons, and of course consisting only of a blasteme. 
Cuscuta, Confervse. 
One-cotyledon, monocoty ledoneus . With only one coty- 
ledon. Gramineae, Liliaceae, Cyclamen Europseus, Zani- 
chellia. 
Two-cotyledon, dicoty ledoneus. With two cotyledons. 
Labiatas, Composite, Umbelliferae, Cruciferae, Rosaceae, 
Leguminosae. 
Many-cotyledon, poly coty ledoneus. With more than two 
cotyledons. Pinus, Abies, Larix, Cedrus, Ceratophyllum. 
If Spherical, globular, sphcericus, glohulosns. 
Ellipsoid, ellipsoideus. Quercus longaeva. 
Egglike, ovoideus. Juncus, Corylus, Nelumbo. 
Conical, conicus. In form of a sugar-loaf. Epilobium 
hirsutum. 
Topshaped, turbinatus . Nymphaea alba, Scirpus sylva- 
ticus. 
Threadlike, filiformis. Slender and cylindrical like a 
thread. Typha, Allium, Atriplex, Oamasonium Dale- 
champii. 
Spindleshape, fusiformis. Long, and growing narrower 
at each end. Triglochin palustre. 
Clubshape, claviformis. Hyacinth us nutans. 
Mushroom sh ape, fungifor m is. Having a hemispherical 
broad head placed upon a cylindrical stem. Musa sapie il- 
ium, M. coccinea. 
Hear tsli ape, cordiformis, Azarum, Aristolochia, Gun- 
nera. 
Saucerlike, patelliformis. Flagellaria Indica. 
Bucklershape, scutelliformis. Broad, more or less round, 
Riders but little from the preceding. Holcus. 
Cylindrical, cylindricus. Antirrhinum. 
Sheavelike, trochlearis . Cylindrical, very short, narrower 
in the middle, like the sheave of a pulley. Commelina 
communis. 
Lenticular, lenticularis. Erviirn lens. 
% Straight, rectilineus , rectus. Neither bent, nor twisted. 
Abietidese, Cupressidese, Taxideae, Aroideae. 
Bent, arcuatus , curvatus. Vaccinium montanum. Galium 
uncinatum, Papaver. 
Bent back, re cur mis, recurvaius. Bent so that the tip of 
the cotyledons either touches the radicle, or approaches 
very close to it. Nyctaginese, Morus. 
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