BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. 

 Fig. 69. 



jCh. XV III. 



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i&b. Fig. 69, A represents a flower of the cruciform family ; 

 a- J3, may be seen the stamens arranged in two sets, the four 

 at a being longer than the two at b ; at c, are two glands be- 

 tween the short stamens and the gorm ; at C, is a petal, con- 

 sisting of a. the border, and 6, the cla^ ; at /), is the pod o 

 silicle ; a, represents the valves. 6, the seeds, as alternately at 

 cached to the edges of the partition or dissepiment which di 

 vides this kind of pericarp into two cells. * 



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PAPILIONACEOUS FLOWERS. 



466. These are so called from a Latin word vapilio, a butter- 

 fly, on account of the supposed resemblance between them and 

 that insect ; they are generally flowers with brilliant colouring, 

 and of a showy appearance. The sweet-pea may be given as 

 an example ; this unites to delicacy of colour and beauty of form, 

 a highly fragrant perfume. 



AK7. The flowers belonging to this natural family are so pe- 

 culiar in appearance as to make them easily recognized. The 

 Rose, the Pink, and the Bell-flower, are regular in their form, 

 that is, there is a symmetry and equality in their parts. Irre- 



465. What does Fig. 69 represent 1 



466. Describe the papilionaceous flowers 



467. Are thc-.se flowors regulai 1 



