34, 35.] 



FOEMS OF THE PERIANTH. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



FORMS OF THE PERIANTH. 



99. The innumerable forms of the perianth, whether 

 calyx or corolla, or both, are first to be distinguished 

 as POLYPETALOUS or GAMOPETALOUS, and secondly, as 

 regular or irregular. The POLYPETALOUs-reg^Zar forms 

 are typified by the four figures below, and described 

 in the following paragraphs. 



Forms of corollas. '55, Cheiranlhus (Stock). 56, Silene regia (Scarlet Catchfly). 57, Pyrus coronaria. 

 58, Amaryllis (Atamasco Lily). 



100. First, Cruciform (crucis, of a cross) or cross- 

 shaped corollas consist of four long-clawed petals, 

 placed at right angles to each other, as in Mustard, 

 Wall-flower (55). 2d, Caryophyllaceous or pink-like 

 corollas consist of five petals with long, erect claws, 

 and spreading laminae; as in the Pink (56). 3d, 

 Rosaceous or rose-like corollas are composed of five 

 short-clawed open petals; as in the Rose (Fig. 57). 

 4th, Liliaceous flowers, like the Lilies, consist of a. 



