C19H40, recognized as a string of 19 simply-linked carbon atoms, like so:

  H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
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H-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-H
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  H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
Other forms of C19H40 are not considered nonadecane, but instead are identified by naming the longest string of carbon atoms, then referencing the branches off of them, as in 2-methyl-octadecane, below:
  H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
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H-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-H
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  H | H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
  H-C-H
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    H

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