6 THE BOOK OF THE DAFFODIL 



and slightly curved back at the edge. If the mouth of 

 the crown be held downwards the whole tube is 

 somewhat of the shape and appearance of the skirt of a 

 lady's dress. 



The second chiefly noticeable part of the flower is the 

 whorl of petal-like growths which surrounds the tube 

 on its outside, enclosing its coronal part. This consists 



SECTION OF A TRUE DAFFODIL FLOWER. 



of six divisions called perianth segments, as distinguished 

 from the perianth tube, though they are often more 

 loosely called the perianth. 



These segments, in the flower we are examining, are 

 equal in length to the trumpet-like crown, and stand out 

 round it at an ascending angle a good deal less than 

 a right angle. Within the tube will be seen the style 

 or thread-like prolongation of the ovary, and around it 

 six stamens ; these latter are all six of equal length, are 



