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fall off. The flower itself consists of a corolla 

 of six petals, and a calyx of six sepals, though 

 as these divisions are all of the same size and 

 shape, and of the same colour and texture, it is 

 not very easy to distinguish the calyx from the 

 corolla. The petals will however be found on 



Fig. 107.— Details of the flower and fruit of the commoh 

 Berberry, partly magnified. 



examination to have each two little glands at 

 the base, as shown at a in Jig. 107, which the 

 sepals are without. The sepals are placed ex- 

 actly behind the petals, so that the one appears 

 a lining of the other ; and, being concave, the 



