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separate ; for this calyx, very justly so named 

 from its main function of concealing the flower, 

 in its youth is usually green, not coloured, and 

 shows its separate nature by pausing, or at least 

 greatly lingering, in its growth, and modifying 

 itself very slightly, while the corolla is forming 

 itself through active change. Look at the two, for 

 instance, through the youth of a pease blossom, 

 Fig. 8. 



Fig. 8. 



The entire cluster at first appears pendent in this 

 manner, the stalk bending round on purpose to put 

 it into that position. On which all the little buds, 

 thinking themselves ill-treated, determine not to 

 submit to anything of the sort, turn their points 

 upwards persistently, and determine that — at any 

 cost of trouble — they will get nearer the sun. Then 

 they begin to open, and let out their corollas. I 

 give the progress of one only (Fig. 9).* It chances 

 to be engraved the reverse way from the bud ; but 

 that is of no consequence. 



At first, you see the long lower point of the 



* Figs. 8 and 9 are both drawn and engraved by Mr. Burgess. 



