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COMMON BOTANICAL TERMS. 



(i) Calyx i.e. sepals (S) usually green. 



(2) Corolla i.e. petals (P) usually brightly coloured. 



(3) Stamens (St) bearing pollen — a yellow powder 

 contained in the anthers. 



(4) Pistil consisting of carpels. Each carpel has an 

 ovary at the base and a style arising from it. 



When it is difficult to distinguish the calyx from the corolla 

 the term perianth is used to include them both. 



A Flower (Fl) is regular (reg) when all the petals (or other 

 parts) are equal ; otherwise it is irregular. 



Flowers are solitary, in heads, in spikes, in umbels, in 

 racemes (spikes with stalked flowers), etc. 



A Fruit (Fr) is a ripened ovary and may be a berry, pod 

 or capsule, nut, or stone fruit. 



Leaves (L's) are opposite when two spring from the same point 

 on stem on different sides ; alternate when only one comes off 

 at one point, the next springing from the other side of the stem ; 

 whorled when many leaves spring from same point on the stem ; 

 radical when they come from near the root and not from the 

 stem. 



