PEA BLOSSOMS 
AND PEAS 
HE Pea family ae 
‘ mi large one, and it is 
‘worth \ ‘Si our while to find out what 
plan it “uses in flower building. 
Let us look at a pea blossom 
and see of what parts it is made up. 
Py . “There: 1S the  sreen-cupases 
oo calyx,” you say. 
: Yes, that is plain enough. It is 
Mit AS cut up into five little leaves. 
| < ‘+ “And there is a circle of flower 
BAAN, leaves, which makes the corolla.” 
ER << _—_ Let _us pull apart both calyx 
Ne EEN | and corolla, and place the sepa- 
= — “9 rate leaves as in the picture 
EO ew (Fig. 256). 
INS The five smaller leaves, the ones 
9 SS marked ca, 
/ ~ are the green 
leaves of the calyx. 
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