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OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



pink -like ; a form witli five long-clawed petals. Fig. 137 

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

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

 alike. 



Fig. 138. Pea, — an irregular flower. Fig. 139. Its five petals shown separate, vie.., 

 f , the banner ; a, a, the wings ; c, c, the keel-petals. 

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



89. Fig. 138 is the flower of Sweet Pea, an irregular 

 corolla, called papilionaceous., or butterfly-shaped, consisting 

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

 above, very large, called the banner^ two smaller petals 

 below (^), called tlie 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 flat, 

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



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



89. Can you describe the papilionaceous corolla ? 



90. Of monopetalous corollas, describe the rotate. 91. The campan iilate 



