Botanical grammar and dictionary /

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That calyx which comes out at some distance below (he flower, and never encloses it. It is commonly at the origin of the peduncles of umbels, and sometimes attached to other aggregate flowers. Involucres are either universal, placed at the origin of the universal umbel, as in caraway, lovage, &.c. ; or partial, placed at the origin of a particular umbel, as in coriander; or proper, placed beneath a single flower. 3. Spalhe. A kind of membrane, which at first encloses the flower, and after it expands, is left at a distance below it, as daffodil, onion, Indian turnip. 4. Glume. That kind of calyx which is composed of one, two, or three valves or scales, commonly transparent at the margin, and often terminated by a long awn or beard. All grasses have glume t,>. IfccffDATfi. Crowing under water, and having flowers destitute of beauty ; as Ilippuris, Pond-weed. Astringents. 16. Calyciflor.e. Plants without corols, with the stamens on the calyx ; as Poet's cassia, Seed buckthorn. Astringents and refrige rants. 17. CALTCAHTHEM.fi. Calyx on the germ, or growing to it, flower? beautiful; as Willow-herb, Ludwigia, (Enothera. Tonics. 18. Bicobnks. Anthers with two strait horns; as Whortleberry. Spicy and Bitter Wintcrgreen, Laurel. Astringents. 19. Hjosrr.r.iDES. Sweet-scented, leaves evergreen ; as Myrtle, Cloves. Mock orange. Astringent and stomachic. 20. Rotaceje Corols wheel-form ; as St. John's wort. Tonics. 21. Precipe. Plants with early spring flowers of an elegant speciouappearance ; as Primrose. Astringents. 22. Caryophylleje. Plants with caryophyllous corols; as Pink. Cockle. Astringents and seccrnant stimulants. 23. Triiiilat.'E. Flowers with three stigmas, capsules inflated am! winged, and generally three-seeded, with distinct hilums; as Nasturtion, Horse-chesnut. Tonics and nutritntics. 24. Coridalf.s. Corols spurred or anomalous; as Fumitory, Touch nie-not. Narcotic and antiscorbutic. 25 PcTAMiNKfi. Plants which bear shell fruit ; as Caper-busl. Detergent arid antiscorbutic. 26. Mri.TisiLio.ufi. Having several pod-form capsules to each (lower; as Columbine, Larkspur, Rue, American cowslip. Cathartic, narcotic and caustic. 27. Rncr,A.m:fi. Plants with caducous calyxes, and capsules or siunues ; as Poppy, Blood-root, Celandine. Anodyne and antiscorbutic. 28.' LcuiDfi. Corols lurid, mostly monopetalous ; flowers penlandrous or didynamous, with capsules; as Tobacco, Thorn-apple, Nightshade, FoBglove. Narcotic and antiscorbutic. 29. CAMPASACEfi. Having bell-form corols, or those whose general aspect is somewhat bell-form ; as Morning-glory, Bell-flower, Violet, Cardinal-flower. Cathartics and secernanl stimulants. 30. CoNTORTfi. Corols twisted or contorted ; as Milk-weed, Peri winkle. Choke-dog. Cathartics and antiscorbutics. 31. VEPRECur.fi. Having monophyllous calyxes, coloured like cok i>ls • as Leather wood, Thesium. Antiscorbutic and emetic. 32. PAPiLioNACEfi. Having papilionaceous flowers ; as Peas, Beans. Locust-tree, Clover. Emolient, diuretic, nulrientic. 33. LoMEN'OCEfi. Having legumes or loments, but not...