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greenish leaves, sepals; the inner, lighter-colored ones, 

 petals. The sepals taken together form the calyx, and the 

 petals, the corolla. Where the petals and sepals are all 



pet 



ped 



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FIGS. 265-267. Flower of a monocotyl (star-of-Bethlehem), with superior 

 ovary dissected : 265, entire flower, showing the different sets of organs : pet, 

 petals ; sep, sepals ; sta, stamens ; pist, pistil ; ped, peduncle ; 266, side view with 

 all the petals and sepals but two removed to show order of the parts : r, recepta- 

 cle ; o, ovary; sty, style; stig, stigma parts composing the pistil; /, filament; 

 a, anther parts composing the stamen ; 267, cross section of the ovary : c, c, car- 

 pels ; QV, ovules ; pi, placenta. 



separate and distinct, as in the tulip and the star-of-Bethle- 

 hem, the corolla is said to be polypetalous and the calyx 

 polysepalous, words meaning, respectively, many-petaled 

 and many-sepaled. Monopetalous and monosepalous, or 



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269 



FIGS. 268-269. Yucca blossom: 268, external view: br, bract; pd, peduncle; 

 r, receptacle ; s, sepal ; pet, petal ; 269, vertical section : ped, peduncle ; br, bract ; 

 r, receptacle ; per, perianth ; sta, stamen ; o, ovary ; sty, style ; stg, stigma. The 

 last three parts named compose the pistil. 



sympetalous and synsepalous, are terms used to describe a 

 condition in which the petals or sepals are all united into 

 one, as in the morning-glory and lily of the valley. In many 



