292 HOW CROPS GROW. 
and many common plants. Fig. 60 represents the com- 
plete flower of the Fuchsia, or ladies’ ear-drop, now uni- 
versally cultivated. In fig. 61 the same is shown in 
section. 
The Calyx, (cup,) cv, is the outermost floral envelope. 
Its color is red or white in the Fuchsia, though generally 
it is green, When it consists of several distinct leaves, 
they are called 
sepals. The calyx 
is frequently small 
and inconspicuous. 
In some cases it 
falls away as the 
flower opens. In 
the Fuchsia it firm- 
ly adheres at its 
base to the seed- 
vessel, and is divid- 
w ed into four lobes. 
The Corolla, 
(crown,) ¢, or ca, 
is one or several 
series of leaves 
which are situated 
within the calyx. 
It is usually of some other than a green color, (in the Fuchsia, 
purple, etc.,) often has marked peculiarities of form and 
great delicacy of structure, and thus chiefly gives beauty 
to the flower. When the corolla is divided into separate 
leaves, these are termed petals. The Fuchsia has four 
petals, which are attached to the calyx-tube. 
Fig. 61. 
The Stamens, s, in fig’s 60 and 61, are generally slender, 
thread-like organs, terminated by an oblong sack, the @n- 
ther, which, when the flower attains its full growth, dis- 
charges a fine yellow or brown dust, the so-called pollen. 
