An order of plants (see Leguminosae ). The flowers of these plants are called Papilionaceous , or butterfly-like, from the fancied resemblance of the expanded superior petals to the wings of a butterfly.
An animal or plant living upon or in, and at the expense of, another organism.
The production of living organisms from unimpregnated eggs or seeds.
Supported upon a stem or stalk. The pedunculated oak has its acorns borne upon a footstool.
The appearance of regularity of structure in the flowers of plants which normally bear irregular flowers.
The bony arch to which the hind limbs of vertebrate animals are articulated.
The leaves of the corolla, or second circle of organs in a flower. They are usually of delicate texture and brightly coloured.
Having flattened, leaf-like twigs or leafstalks instead of true leaves.
The colouring material produced generally in the superficial parts of animals. The cells secreting it are called Pigment - Cells .
Bearing leaflets on each side of a central stalk.
The female organs of a flower, which occupy a position in the centre of the other floral organs. The pistil is generally divisible into the ovary or germen, the style and the stigma.
Or Placental Mammals. See Mammalia .
Quadrupeds which walk upon the whole sole of the foot, like the bears.
Readily capable of change.