. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 72 HISTORY OF TDE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. hilar or capitate, rounded like a little head ; as in the cowslip, belladonna, and marvel of Peru. Hemispherical, having the form of a liemisphere; as in the yellow henbane. Discoid, flat, broad, and in the form of a shield; as in the poppy. Claviform or club-shaped as in jasione montana. Capillar or fil
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 72 HISTORY OF TDE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. hilar or capitate, rounded like a little head ; as in the cowslip, belladonna, and marvel of Peru. Hemispherical, having the form of a liemisphere; as in the yellow henbane. Discoid, flat, broad, and in the form of a shield; as in the poppy. Claviform or club-shaped as in jasione montana. Capillar or filiform, slender and very elongated; as in the maize. Linear, naiTow and elongated ; as in the campanula; and many caryophyllere. Trigonal, having the form of a three-sided prism; as in the wild tnlip. Trilobate or three-lohcd, formed of three rounded lobes; as in the lily. Stellate, flat and cut into several lobea, so as to resemble a star ; as in the erieinew, and the genus Pyrola. Umbili- caie, having a depression in its centre ; as in the lily. Semilunar or crescent-shaped, as in the yellow fumitory. Having described the parts of a single flower, we shall now allude to the manner in which these are placed on the stalk, and fi-equently gi'ouped together. The term Inflorescence, is applied to designate the general disposition or arrangement which the flowers affect upon the stem, or the other organs wliich support them. The flowers are said to be solitary when the plant produces only one, or when they come ofi^ one by one from different points of the stem, at some distance from each other; as in the tulip and the common garden rose. They are terminal when situated at the top of the stem; as in the tulip. Lateral, when they spring from the sides of the stems or branches. Axillar, when they spring from the axilla of the leaves, as in the greater periwinkle, and the ivy-leaved speedwell; geminate, when they come off in pau-s fi'om the same point of the stem, as in iiiola biflora ;
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