thalamic (thalamik)

[ Thalami floræ (thal"a-mi-flō'rē), n. pl. [NL.: see thalami flor ous.] A group of orders of polypetalous plants, constituting the first of three divisions called series by Bentham and Hooker. It is distinguished from the others, the Discifloræ and Calyciflora, by the usual insertion of the petals, stamens, and pistils on the receptacle, not on a disk or on the calyx. In these orders the sepals are usually distinct, herbaceous, imbricate, or valvate, and free from the ovary; and the receptacle is small and elevated or stalk-like. The group embraces the 6 cohorts Ranales, Parietales, Polygalinæ, Caryophyllinæ, Guttiferales, and Malvales, including 35 orders, in 20 of which the stamens are commonly numerous, in the others more often definite. thalamifloral (thal"a-mi-flo'ral), a. [ stamens arising immediately from the torus or thalamus; belonging to or characteristic of the Thalami flora. thalami flor ous (thala-mi-flor us), a. [