Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District

cormcorollacorymbcrispedcrowncuneatecuspidatecymedecumbentdecurrentdecussatedehiscentdeltoiddentatedenticulatedichotomousdiscdistaldivaricatedorsaldorsiventraldouble-conicdrupeellipsoidellipticendemica fleshy, swollen stem base, usually underground, in which food reserves are storedbetween growing seasonsthe petals of a flower collectivelya racemose inflorescence in which the pedicels of the lower flowers are longer thanthose of the flowers above, bringing all flowers to about the same levelcurledthe part of a tree or shrub above the level of the lowest branchwedge-shapedtapering into a sharp, rigid pointan inflorescence in which each flower, in turn, is formed at the tip of a growing axisand further flowers are formed on branches arising below itspreading horizontally but then growing upwardsextending downwards beyond the point of insertion, e.g. of a lamina extendingdownwards to form a flange along the petiolein pairs, with successive pairs borne at right angles to each otherbreaking open at maturity to release the contentstriangular, with the sides of about equal lengthtoothedfinely toothedforking into two equal branches resulting from the division of the growing pointa plate or rim of tissue, derived from the receptacle of a flower, occurring betweenwhorls of floral partsremote from the point of origin or attachment. cf. proximalwidely spreadingrelating to the back or outward surface of an organ in relation to the axis, as in thelower surface of a leafhaving structurally different upper and lower surfacesrelating to the shape of eucalypt buds, when the hypanthium and operculum are of thesame size and cone shapea succulent fruit formed from one carpel, having the seed(s) enclosed in an innerstony layer of the fruit wall. adj. drupaceous (which is often used to mean drupe-likebut not strictly a drupe)a solid body elliptic in long section and circular in cross sectionoval in outline, widest at the centrehaving a natural distribution confined to a particular geographical region50