144 PLANTS. 



Cor'ol. — The colored blossom within or above the calyx (di- 

 visions called j;e/a4'J. 



SUBDIVISIONS OF THE COROL. 



MONOPETAI.OUS. POI.YI'ETALOUS. 



Bell-form. Cru'ciform. 



Funnel-form. Caryopuyl'lous. 



Salver-form. IjIlia'ceous. 



Wheel-form. Rosa'ckous. 



La'biate. Pai'Iliona'ceous. 



Pericarp. — The fruit, whether pod, shell, bag, or pulpy sub- 

 stance. 



subdivisions of the pericarp. 



Silique'. Pome. 



Legume'. Berry. 



Cap'sule. Pepone'. 



Drupe. Strob'ile. 

 Achene' (Acine). 

 Pis'til, — The central organ of the flower, whose base becomes 

 the seed or pericarp. 



subdivisions of the pistil. 



Germ (Ovarium). Style. 



Stig'ma. 

 Placen'ta. — A cellular substance to which seeds arc attached 



and from which they originate. 

 Recep'tacle. — The base which sustains the other parts, being 

 at the end of the flower stem. It is called torus when a 

 thickened mass. 



subdivisions of the receptacle. 

 Proper. Columel'la. 



Common. Spa'dix. 



IIa'chis. 

 Seed. — The essential part which contains the rudiments of a 

 new plant 



subdivisions of the seed. 



Cotyl'edon. Albu'men. 



Em'bryo (Corcle). Hi'lum, or Umbii/icus. 



Teg'ument, or Integument. 



