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OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



Fig. 111. Flower of the Strawberry. Fig. 112. Flower of the Pink. 



Fig. 113. Flower of the Lily. 



71. Often in tlie petal, and sometimes in the sepal, yon 

 can distingnish two parts, — namely, the broad, expanded 

 part above, called the lamina^ and the narrow part at bas6 

 by which it is attached to the torns ; this is the claw (Fig. 

 116, c). The petal of the Pink has a long claw; of the Kose 

 or Buttercup (Fig. 119), a short one. 



72. The forms of the petal are almost infinite in variety, 

 like the leaf; as ovate, orbicular, oblong, &c., and some- 



71, Will you define tlie lamina ? tlieclaw? 



72. Please mention some of tlie forms of petals. 



