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find the corolla inserted below the ovary, and free 

 from the calyx, label the specimen corolla, kypogynous. 



FIG. 51. 



Corolla, hypogynous (Gray). 



Examine the remainder of your flowers, and, when 

 you find one with the corolla inserted, as shown in 

 Fig. 52, say corolla upon the calyx, or perigynous. 



FIG. 52. 



Corolla, perigynous (Gray). 



How is the corolla inserted in Fig. 53? Point 

 out upon the charts where the corolla has a similar 

 insertion. 



Look at the flowers not yet described, and, if you 

 find cases where the corolla is inserted upon the 

 ovary, describe them as epigynous, from epi, upon, 

 and gynia, pistil (Fig. 53). 



