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OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



pink-like; a form witli five long-clawed petals. Fig. 187 

 (Atamasco Lily) is a liliaceous corolla, having a six-leaved 

 perianth, made up of three sepals and three petals, all colored 

 alike. 



Fig. 13S. Pea,— an irregular flower. Fig. 189. Its five petals shown separate, m., 

 t), the banner ; a, a, the wings ; c, c, the keel-petals. 

 Fig. 140. Flax {Linum grandijlorum), — a regular flower. 



89. Fig. 145 is the flower of Sweet Pea, an irregular 

 corolla, called jpapilionaceoiis.^ or butterfly-shaped, consisting 

 of five petals, as displayed in Fig. 139, viz.^ one odd petal 

 above, very large, called the lanner, two smaller petals 

 below (^'), called the keel\ and two lateral petals {a^ a), called 

 the wings. 



90. We next propose to examine the principal forms of 

 gamopetalous corollas. Here we have a beautiful array of 

 them. Among the regular forms is, first, the Rotate^ wheel- 

 shaped or star-shaped, having a very short tube, and a fiat, 

 spreading border; as Fig. 141 (Campanula Americana). 



91. Campanidate^ bell-shaped, having a wide tube and 



89. Can you describe the papilionaceous corolla ? 



90. Of monopetalous corollas, describe the rotate. 



91. The eampanulata 



