no 



BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. 



Fig. 69. 



[Ch. XVIII. 



B 



. Fig. G9 3 A represents a flower of the cruciform family ; 

 a 4 /?, may be seen the stamens arranged in two sets, the four 

 at a being longer than the two at b ; at c, are two glands be- 

 tween the short stamens and the germ ; at C, is a petal, con- 

 sisting of a, the border, and 6, the claw ; at Z), is the pod or 

 silicic ; a, represents the valves. 5, the seeds, as alternately at- 

 tached to the edges of the partition or dissepiment which di 

 rides this kind of pericarp into two cells. 



PAPILIONACEOUS FLOWERS. 



466. These are so called from a Latin word papilio, a butter- 

 fly, on account of the supposed resemblance between them and 

 triut insect; they are generally flowers with brilliant colouring, 

 and of a showy appearance. The sweet-pea may be given as 

 an example ; this unites to delicacy of colour and beauty of form. 

 a highly fragrant perfume. 



/107. The flowers belonging to this natural family are bo pe- 

 culiar in appearance as to make them easily recognized. The 

 Rose, the Pink, and the Bell-flower, are regular in their form, 

 that is, there is a symmetry and equality in their parts. Irre- 



4G5, What does Fig. GO represent 1 

 40fi. Describe the papilionaceous flowers 

 107. Are ihc.se HOW-M.S 



