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THE FLOWER. 



four in number, and these of two shapes, the two upper ones 

 having long spurs which are received into the spur of the upper 

 the two lateral ones having a small but broad blade 



raised on a stalk-like claw ; and the place which the fifth and 

 lower petal should occupy (marked in the ground-plan, Fig. 356, 



PIG. 354. Flower of a Larkspur. 355. The five sepals (outer circle) and the four 

 petals (inner circle) displayed. 356. Ground-plan of the calyx and corolla. 



FIG. 357. Flower of an Aconite or Monkshood. 358. The five sepals and the two 

 small and curiously shaped petals displayed ; also the stamens and pistils in the centre. 

 359. Ground-plan of the calyx and corolla; the dotted lines, as in Fig. 356, representing 

 the suppressed parts. 



