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Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District

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acteolebranchletbulbcallicallositycalyxcalyx-tubecampanulatecapitatecapitulumcapsulecarpelcheiridiumciliaclavateclawclonecolumncompressedconeconnateconnectiveconspecificconvolutecordatea small bract-like structure borne s<strong>in</strong>gly or <strong>in</strong> pairs on <strong>the</strong> pedicel or calyx of a flowera small branchan underground bud with thickened fleshy scales, as <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> onionsmall outgrowths <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> throat of <strong>the</strong> corollaa hardened or thickened area<strong>the</strong> sepals of one flower collectivelya tube formed by fusion or cohesion of sepals. cf. hypanthiumbell-shapedhead-like, or <strong>in</strong> a head-shaped clustera racemose <strong>in</strong>florescence with sessile flowers compacted on a flattened <strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong>ed,or rounded apex of a pedunclea dry fruit formed from two or more united carpels <strong>and</strong> dehisc<strong>in</strong>g at maturity torelease <strong>the</strong> seedsa simple pistil formed from one modified leaf, or that part of a compound pistilformed from one modified leaf<strong>the</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>ed bracts beneath <strong>the</strong> flower <strong>in</strong> Calytrix, which form a sleeve-like structure<strong>in</strong> unicellular plants, gametes, spores etc., m<strong>in</strong>ute hair-like protoplasmic protrusionswhose movement confers motility on <strong>the</strong> cell; <strong>in</strong> higher plants, hairs more or lessconf<strong>in</strong>ed to <strong>the</strong> marg<strong>in</strong>s of an organ. s<strong>in</strong>g. cilium; adj. ciliateclub-shapeda narrow, stalk-like basal portion of a petal, sepal or bracta group of <strong>in</strong>dividuals orig<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g from a s<strong>in</strong>gle parent plant by vegetativereproductiona structure extend<strong>in</strong>g above <strong>the</strong> ovary <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g stigma, style <strong>and</strong> stamensflattened <strong>in</strong> one plane, ei<strong>the</strong>r dorsally (br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> front <strong>and</strong> back closer toge<strong>the</strong>r) orlaterally (br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> sides closer toge<strong>the</strong>r)(loosely) <strong>in</strong> Casuar<strong>in</strong>a, a woody multiple fruit <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> bracts <strong>and</strong> bracteolesassociated with <strong>the</strong> flowersfused to ano<strong>the</strong>r organ (or o<strong>the</strong>r organs) of <strong>the</strong> same k<strong>in</strong>d<strong>the</strong> part of an an<strong>the</strong>r that connects <strong>the</strong> lobesof <strong>the</strong> same speciesof <strong>the</strong> arrangement of corolla lobes <strong>in</strong> a bud, a form of imbricate aestivation <strong>in</strong> whicheach segment has one edge overlapp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> adjacent segment, like a furled umbrellaof a leaf blade, broad <strong>and</strong> notched at <strong>the</strong> base; heart-shaped49

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