nectariferous

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Corolla bell-shaped, 5-cleft; the lobes convolute in the bud; the tube furnished with 5 longitudinal linear appendages opposite the lobes, which cohere by their middle, while their edges are folded inward, forming a nectariferous groove.

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At the base of the petal a nectariferous scale is seen.

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So are all Nectaries, whether hollow spurs, sacs, or other concavities in which nectar is secreted, and all nectariferous glands.

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The disk is hypogynous with five nectariferous glands which are alternate with the stamens.

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Moreover there has been no off-hand, untimely destruction of the nectariferous blossoms of millions of trees and shrubs.

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