186 DIFFERENT KINDS OF CALYX. 



the fruit, with one or more organs attached to them, 

 and, of course, essential. 



V. Pericarpium, the Seed-vessel, of a pulpy, woody, 

 or leathery texture, inclosing the seeds, but wanting 

 in many plants. 



VI. Semen, the Seed, the perfecting of which is the 

 sole end of all the other parts. 



VII. Receptaculum, the Receptacle, basis or point of 

 connection. This must necessarily be present in 

 some form or other. 



I. CALYX. The flower-cup, or more correctly the 

 external covering of the flower, when present, was 

 originally divided by Linnaeus into seven kinds, 

 some of which are more justly so denominated than 

 the others, and I have ventured to make an altera- 

 tion in his list. 



1. Perianthium, f. 142. Calyx, properly and com- 

 monly so called, when it is contiguous to and makes 

 a part of the flower, as the five green leaves which 

 encompass a Rose, including their urn-shaped base; 

 the two green bristly ones which enfold the bud in 

 Glaucium luteum, FL Brit. Engl. Bot. t. 8 ; the 

 tubular part, comprehending the scales at its base, 



