L OUTLINES OF BOTANY. 
mei families the name of lip, or labellum, is given to one of the divisions 
r lo ees * ie perianth. 
per é, when two-lipped, and the oe of the a ee abe by a 
ey ren the base of the upper or lower lip, called 
ringent, when very strongly two-lipped, pele the onan of tube 
very open. 
spurred, when the tube or Saye as er part of a petal has a conical 
hollow projectio n, compared to t of a cock; saccate, when the spur 
is short and round a a little iby arson when projecting at any part 
into a ace sw 
res 
inate or reversed, when a lip, sour, etc., which in allied species 
is i lowest, oe uppermost, and v 
1 e above terms are mos “ coimeas oO the forms of monopetalous 
corollas, but several are also applicable to those of polypetalous ones. 
Terms descriptive of the special forms of corolla in certain Natural Orders, 
will be explained — those ee respective vely. 
- Most of th 
are also applicable o iia of individual petals; but the flat expanded 
portion of a petal corresponding to the blade of the leaf, is called its 
lamina, and the stalk, corresponding to the petiole, its claw (unguis). 
The spadiead satel i is said to be unguiculate 
§ 10. The Stamens. 
_ 108. Although in a few cases ae outer stamens may gradually pass 
into petals, yet, in general, Stam asi? a very “hoa ed in shape and 
aig from leaves, sepals, or ante t t is onl eoretical sete of 
th 
(not the less important in the Bath of the “physiological economy 
of the ss eigee that ne can be called altered lea 
to w e imperfection is 
_111. In un mmetrical flowers, the stamens of each whorl are some- 
term Miaiadenus and polyandrous are restricted to flowers 
which 0 a but one stamen, or an indefinite number respectively. 
mens are united into one, the flower is said to be 
fade ous. 
113. Stamens 
conta ter grams , when united i _ filaments into one cluster. This 
r form roun stil, if 
ee cue a ran pistil, or, if the pistil is wanting, 
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