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The calyx has five sepals, gamosepalous ; the corolla 

 is gamopetalous (II.), with honey-glands at the base of 

 the lobes. 



There is a sort of double corona} as the petals 

 carry five deeply lobed appendages, together with five 



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Fig. U.Stape'lia. I. Stem and flowers. II. Flower. III. Pollen mass. 



interior scales, adherent to the base of the anthers, and 

 prolonged into horn-like structures. 



It has often a very disagreeable odour, which is 

 deceptive to flies, who lay their eggs upon it, apparently 



* This term is used for a fringe or separate appendages round the 

 mouth of the tube of a corolla, etc. 



