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THE FLOWER. 



four in number, and these of two shapes, the two upper ones 

 having long spurs which are received into the spur of the upper 

 sepal ; the two lateral ones having a small but broad blade 



raised on a stalk-like claw ; and the place which the fifth and 

 lower petal should occupy (marked in the ground-plan, Fig. 356, 



FIG. 354. Flower of a Larkspur. 355. The five sepals (outer circle) and the four 

 petals (inner circle) displayed. 356. Ground-plan of the calyx and corolla. 



FIG. 357. Flower of an Aconite or Monkshood. 358. The five sepals and the two 

 small and curiously shaped petals displayed ; also the stamens and pistils in the centre. 

 359. Ground-plan of the calyx and corolla; the dotted lines, as in Fig. 356, representing 

 the suppressed parts. 



