riiJUW -INKLE. BASIL. 



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hypogynous and regular, consisting of five cohering petals, as 

 indicated by the five spreading divisions of the hmb. Tlic 

 five stamens are inserted ui)on the tube of the corolla, and 



Fig. 23. Rost Periwliikic 

 \^Vinca rosea). 



Fig. 24. Flower of Roic Periwinkle 

 laid open. To the left the stigma 

 and portion of style. 



are consequently epipetalous. Stripping away the calyx and 

 corolla, the pistil will be found consisting of two carpels, 

 which are separate below, but coherent above, so that there 

 are two ovaries and but a single style and stigma. Rose 

 Periwinkle may be described — 



Calyx inferior, gatnosepalons. 



Corolla hypogynoiis., gamopetalous. 



Stamens epipetalous., pentandrous. 



Pistil syncajpous, ovary superior. 



8. Basil {Ocymum Basilicuin or O. Sanctum, known as 

 Tulsee). — Five coherent sepals form a gamosepalous calvx 



