24 EXAMINATION OF A PLANT. 



tacle or calyx; so that in the latter case we may 

 take away the petals without the stamens. This ob- 

 servation affords an easy and pretty certain rule for 

 knowing whether a corolla consists of one petal, or 

 of several ; which it is sometimes not very easy to 

 decide. When the calyx is formed of one piece, as 

 is the case in this plant, it is said to be Monophyl- 

 lous; when of more than a single piece, Diphyl- 

 lous, or two-leaved; Triphyllous, three-leaved, 

 &c.; or Polyphyllous, many-leaved; according to 

 the number of distinct pieces of which it consists. 

 We must now go on with our description where we 

 left off. 



" Blossom of one petal, shaped somewhat like 

 " a funnel ; tube of the blossom longer than the 

 " cup;" the Tube, in a blossom of one petal, 

 is the lower part which stands in the calyx 

 " Border of the blossom," that is, the upper 

 spreading part, " divided into four egg-shaped 

 " segments or divisions. Filaments opposite to 

 {; each other. Anthers nearly as long as the blos- 

 " som. The germen, or lowest part of the pistil, 

 " nearly round ; style very short ; summit thick, 

 " blunt, cloven," that is, divided, half-way down. 

 Does this agree with your plant ? 

 EDWARD. 



I think it is something like it, except in the 

 pistil. The summit of mine is not divided, and 

 the style is not very short. 



