[21] Floral-leaves (hypsophyllary leaves) are here adopted as an equivalent of the term “Hochblätter,” to signify leaves on the floral-shoot other than foliage or sporangia-bearing leaves. The term bract is applied only to leaves in whose axil a flower is borne, and bracteoles to leaves borne on the flower-stalk (pedicel).
[22] It may be here remarked that another explanation is possible, based on the study of the development (K).
[23] Piperaceæ, Nymphæaceæ.
[24] “Fore-leaf” is adopted as a translation of “Vorblatt.”
[25] Regarding these and other abbreviations see the appendix in the book.
[26] Syncarp = cluster of fruits belonging to one flower.
[27] “Fan” and “sickle” are adopted as terms for these inflorescences from the German “fæchel” and “sichel.”
[28] [Although unbranched stems are characteristic of the Palms, yet branched specimens are recorded from some eleven genera. The branches are developed from lateral buds, which in many instances only develope when the terminal bud has been destroyed. A few Palms develope axillary branches at the base of the stem; these form rhizomes, and give rise to clusters of aerial stems.]
[29] The aggregation of the fruits of several distinct flowers into one mass.
[30] According to Pfitzer, the column is the prolongation of the floral axis beyond the insertion of the perianth, and is not formed by the coalescence of sporophylls (filament and style).