The flowers, up to 2 – 3 cm, around 1 inch long, in most species are made up by a shoe-or horn-shaped spur for the most part, with at least the upper petals insignificant by comparison ; some have a prominent labellum though, allowing pollinators to land.

French examples begin to demonstrate elaborate horn-shaped entrances which are interpreted as being designed to impress from afar rather than serve any practical purpose.

Solitary rugosans ( e. g., Caninia, Lophophyllidium, Neozaphrentis, Streptelasma ) are often referred to as horn corals because of a unique horn-shaped chamber with a wrinkled, or rugose, wall.

The cornucopia ( in Latin also cornu copiae ) or horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles, or wealth in some form.

In modern depictions, the cornucopia is typically a hollow, horn-shaped wicker basket filled with various kinds of festive fruit and vegetables.

This detonated a horn-shaped charge filled with shrapnel that was sprayed in one direction along the line of the fence.

The principal cultivar of pepper used is called roga, i. e. horned — it is large, red, horn-shaped, with thick flesh and relatively easy to peel.

Hornfels ( German, meaning " hornstone ", after its frequent association with glacial " horn peaks " in the Alps, being a very hard rock and thus more likely to resist glacial action and form horn-shaped peaks such as Matterhorn ) is the group designation for a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and have been rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.

Drosera arcturi from Australia ( including Tasmania ) and New Zealand is another temperate species that dies back to a horn-shaped hibernaculum.

Much of upper river is impounded as the expansive, horn-shaped Lake Marion reservoir, formed by the-long Santee Dam.

The Fore River is a short horn-shaped estuary, approximately long, separating Portland and South Portland in Maine in the United States.

The name Horndean means " valley by a horn-shaped hill " ( The horn-shaped hill is most likely Horndean Down ).

Although the bipedal Tasmanian Devil's appearance does not resemble its marsupial inspiration, it contains multilayered references to other " devils ": he has horn-shaped fur on his head ( similar to the Devil's appearance ) and whirls about like a dust devil ( similar in appearance to a tornado ) which sounds like several motors whirring in unison.

The horn-shaped sporophyte grows from an archegonium embedded deep in the gametophyte.

The most common forms include conical and horn-shaped polyps.

* The horn-shaped, saw-tooth design for lumberjack blades used at the turn of the 19th century to cut down trees when it was still done by hand was modeled after observations of a wood-burrowing beetle.

It has been suggested that the shape of a natural horn was also the model for the rhyton, a horn-shaped drinking vessel .< ref > Chusid, Hearing Shofar: The Still Small Voice of the Ram's Horn, 2009, Chapter 3-6-Ram's Horn of Passover < http :// www. hearingshofar. com >.

The ornate and precious rhyta of the great civilizations of earlier times are grandiose rather than ribald, which gives the democratic vase paintings an extra satirical dimension.

Many typical Apulian vessel shapes, like volute kraters, column kraters, loutrophoroi, rhyta and nestoris amphorae are absent, pelikes are rare.

One standard theme depicts satyrs, which symbolize ribaldry, with rhyta and wineskins.

The connection of satyrs with wine and rhyta is made in Nonnus's epic Dionysiaca.

A rhyton ( plural rhytons or, following the Greek plural, rhyta ) is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation.

Karl Kerenyi, in quoting this passage, remarks, " At the core of this richly elaborated myth, in which the poet even recalls the rhyta, it is not easy to separate the Cretan elements from those originating in Asia Minor.

Minoan steatite rhyta in the Iraklion Archaeological Museum.

Not all rhyta were so valuable ; many were simply decorated conical cups in ceramic.

The assumptions upon which the example shown in Figure 3 is based are: ( A ) One man can direct about six subordinates if the subordinates are chosen carefully so that they do not need too much personal coaching, indoctrinating, etc..

The novels and stories like Pohl's Drunkard's Walk ( 1960 ), with the focus on adventure and with the dystopian elements only a dim background -- in this case an uneasy, overpopulated world in which the mass of people do uninteresting routine jobs while a carefully selected, university-trained elite runs everything -- are in all likelihood as numerous as dystopias.

and lawyers -- with the great virtues that they are trained to read `` the fine print '' carefully and are able out of professional experience to arrive at imaginative solutions to difficult problems in many fields -- are indispensable even in a foundation office.

The battens are carefully fastened in place after some necessary fairing on all frames.

All information is carefully appraised and uncertain facts are designated by ( '?'.

The pieces are carefully heated with exclusion of air and then compressed into a uniform mass by intense hydraulic pressure ; the softened amber being forced through holes in a metal plate.

Words spoken during the sumbel are considered carefully and any oaths made are considered sacrosanct, becoming part of the destiny of those assembled.

Most cases that go to trial are carefully prepared through a discovery process that aids in the review of evidence and testimony before it is presented to judge or jury.

Thus if the instrument depends on the pressure or suction effect alone, and this pressure or suction is measured against the air pressure in an ordinary room, in which the doors and windows are carefully closed and a newspaper is then burnt up the chimney, an effect may be produced equal to a wind of 10 mi / h ( 16 km / h ); and the opening of a window in rough weather, or the opening of a door, may entirely alter the registration.

In the remotest parts of Australia fuel sellers are located hundreds of kilometres apart, so spare fuel must be carried or refuelling spots calculated carefully in order not to run out of fuel in between towns.

Competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport played on a carefully marked and maintained basketball court, but less regulated variations are often played outdoors in both inner city and remote areas.

The devil dances of Sri Lanka or " yakun natima " are a carefully crafted ritual with a history reaching far back into Sri Lanka's pre-Buddhist past.

Many popular vegetable juices, particularly ones with high tomato content, are high in sodium, and therefore consumption of them for health must be carefully considered.

* the criminal is introduced at the very start of the story and his crime and reasons are carefully explained, thus constituting an inverted detective story rather than a " puzzle ";

In continuous distillation, the source materials, vapors, and distillate are kept at a constant composition by carefully replenishing the source material and removing fractions from both vapor and liquid in the system.

In general, mortals with divine qualities are carefully distinguished from the deity or deities in their religion's main pantheon.

The levels are sometimes labyrinthine and feature plenty of items such as additional ammo, health increases and other " power-ups " along the way, as well as the occasional secret areas which are not immediately obvious as a reward for players who explore more carefully.

Both Whetstone and Dhrystone are synthetic benchmarks, meaning that they are simple programs that are carefully designed to statistically mimic the processor usage of some common set of programs.