EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



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PLATE IX. 



PARTS OF FRUCTIFICATION. 



COROLLA continued. 



Fig. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 



19. 

 20. 



21. 

 22. 



Corolla campanulata, a bell-shaped flower. 

 1 Different modifications of the same. 



Corolla infundibuliformis, a funnel-shaped flower. 

 hypocrateriformis, a salver-shaped flower : 



a, the limb, (limbus) or upper spreading part 



of the petal ; 



b, the tube, (tubus) or lower hollow part. 

 cruriformis, a cross-shaped flower. 



The petal of a cross-shaped flower, the upper spreading 

 part of which, as of the petals of all polypetalous flowers, 



is termed lamina, the plate or border ; the 



lower tapering part, unguis, or the claw. 

 Corolla rotata, the back or under side of a wheel-shaped 



flower. 

 The front or upper surface of a flower of the same 



description. 



y NECTARITJM. 



Fig. 



1. The flower of Aconite or Monk's-hood. 



2. The horned nectaries of the same, being two fistular 



nodding bodies, resembling stamina, With an oblique 

 mouth and recurved tail, seated on long awl-shaped 

 footstalks, and completely hid by the upper hel- 

 met-shaped petal. 



3. A bell-shaped nectary, exemplified in Narcissus tnandrus. 



4. The glandular nectary of Willow (Salix.) 



5. Nigella, Fennel flower, or Devil-in-a-bush. 



6. The eight-lipped nectaries of the same. 



7. Tropaeolum, or Indian Cress, the nectary of which ter- 



minates the calix, and resembles a cock's spur. 



