GLOSSARY 
9 . BRACTS 
SMALL, UNDEVELOPED LEAFLETS USUALLY SITUATED AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE THE BASE OF THE 
PEDUNCLE. THEY ARE OF A DIFFERENT FORM AND TEXTURE TO THE TRUE LEAFLET 
BRACTEATE. — Bearing bracts. 
IMBRICATED. — Overlying one another like the tiles or 
slates on a roof. 
10. FRUIT 
THE FULLY DEVELOPED PORTION OF THE FLORAL ORGANS WHICH SURROUNDS THE SEEDS 
AMPULLAE FORM. — Flask-shaped — i.e., ovoid, with a nar- 
row, more or less elongated neck. 
CERNUOUS. — Nodding or curved downwards. 
CORIACEOUS. — Leathery or tough and rather hard. 
DEPRESSO-GLOBOSE. — Globose, but depressed or flat- 
tened at the top. 
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