DIFFERENT KINDS OF CALYX. 19!7 



I. Calyx. The Flower-cup, or more correctly the 

 external covering of the flower, when present, was 

 originally divided by Linnaeus into seven kinds, some 

 of which are mpre justly so denominated than the oth- 

 ers, and I have ventured to make an alteration in his 

 list. 



1. Pe?'ianfhium,f. 14>2. Calyx, properly and common- 

 ly so called, when it is contiguous to and makes a 

 part of the flower, as the five green leaves which en- 

 compass a Rose, including their urn-shaped base ; the 

 two green bristly ones which enfold the bud in Giau- 

 eium luteum, FL Brit. Engl. Bot. t. 8 ; the tubular 

 • part, comprehending the scales at its base, in the 

 Pinks, ?. 61, 62, or the globular scaly cup, in Centan^ 

 rea, t. 56. The Tulip, t. ^o^ is a naked flower, 

 having no calyx at all. (98) 



(98) [Some of the most remarkable forms of the calyx are 



Ventricosus, inflated, when it appears swelled or distended, as 

 in Cucubalus Behen., or Campion. 



Prismaticus, prismatic, with sharp, somewhat parallel angles, 

 as in Alimulus, or Monkey Flower. 



Imbricatwn or Squamosum^ imbricated or scaly. 



Squarrosiim, Squarrose, when the leaflets which compose it, 

 are bent back at the points. 



Scariosum, Scaiiose, when the leaflets are hard, thin, and dry, 



Ciliatum, fringed with hairs or bristles on the margin. 



Muricatiim. Mui'icated, set with short stiff prickles. 



S/iinosum, thorny, each leaflet tipped with a thorn, as in thistles. 



Turbinatum, turbinate, having the figure of a top. 



Calyciilatunu calyculatcd or doubled, when -one calyx appears 

 £o be enclosed at its base hv another.l 



