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anthemum above the common receptacle. 
c Ligulata, tongue-shaped. 
d Tubulosa, florets that are all tubular and equal. 
e Radiata, when the florets are tubular in the disk, and radiate 
and ligulate in the margin. 
f Papilionacea, butterfly-shaped, irregular, consisting of 
Carina, keel, the lower petal, often in form of a boat. 
Vexillum, standing, the upper petal ascending. 
There belongs also to the corolla, a part called the Nectarium. 
(Honey gland.) It has been by former botanists confounded with 
the petals; but according to the definition of Linneus, it is the part 
which bears the honey, and belongs to the flower only. These parts 
afford a wonderful variety in the manner of their appearance ; in some 
plants they are very large, as in the Narcissus and Aquilegia ; in the 
former of which, the cup, and in the latter, the horns are Nectaria : 
in others, it is scarcely discernible, even with glasses : its use is not 
known, unless the supposition of its secreting the honey may be de¬ 
pended upon. It is either 
a Proprium, when it is a distinct part from the petal. 
b Petalinum, when inserted into the petal. 
c Calcariate, such as resembles a calcar or spur. 
d Calycine, such as are found upon the calyx. 
e Stamineous, such as attend the stamina. 
f Pistillaceous, such as accompany the pistillum. 
(j Receptaculaceous, such as are joined to the receptacle. 
F. F. Ashford. 
Rode-Hall Gardens, Lawton, Cheshire, Oct. 1832. 
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ARTICLE IX. 
Preserving Plants on a Sea-Voyage. — I observe in Vol. 1, 
page 735, of your valuable Register, an explanation of the best me¬ 
thod of sending plants home for distant countries ; but you omit to 
mention one very important point, to the neglect of which more 
than to any other cause, I ascribe the death of the plants which 
so commonly takes place. The plants are unusually taken up any 
how, put into a box, and sent home, in fact they are badly moved. 
