COROLLA. 



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Fig. 71. 2d. Funnel-form., {wfun- 

 dibiiliformis, from m- 

 fiindibidum, a funnel;) 

 "having a tubular base, 

 and a'border opening 

 in the form of a funnel, 

 as the Morning-glory, 

 Fig. 71. 



3d. Cup- 

 shaped, (Cya- 

 thiformis, from 

 cyathus, a 



drinking-cup ;) 

 diflfering from 

 funnel-shaped, 

 in having its 

 tube, and bor- 

 der, less sprea- 

 ding; and from 

 bell-form, in 

 not havino its tube appear as if 

 scooped at out the base. Fig. 72. 



4th. Salver- 

 form, (hypo- 

 crateriformis, 

 from the 



Greek krater, 

 an ancient 

 drinking glass 

 called a salv- 

 er ;) this has a 

 flat, spreading 

 border, pro- 

 ceeding from 

 the top of a 

 tube, Fig. 73. 



5th. Wheel- 

 form, (rotate, 

 from rota, a 

 wheel ;) having 

 a short border 

 without any tube 

 or with a very 

 short one. Fig. 

 74. 



This kind of 

 corolla may be seen in the mul- 

 lein. 



6th. Labiate, (from labia, lips ;) 

 consists of two parts, resembhng 

 the lips of a horse, or other ani- 



mal. Labiate corollas are said 

 to be personate,* having the throat 

 closed, or ringent,\ with the throat 

 open. You 

 have a labiate 

 corolla of the 

 ringent kind, 

 at Fig. 75. 

 The term la- 

 biate is also 

 applied to a 

 calyx of two 

 lips. Bi-labi- 

 ate is some- 

 times used in the same sense as 

 labiate. 



Di^ertnt forms of Polypetalous Co- 

 1 ollas. 



1st. Cruciform, 

 (from crux, a 

 cross ;) consist- 

 ing of four petals 

 of equal size, 

 spreading out in 

 the form of a 

 cross, as the rad- 

 ish, cabbage, &c. 

 Fig. 76. 



Funnel-form — Cup-shaped — Salver- 

 form— Wlaeel-form. 



2d. Caryo- 

 phyllous, hav- 

 ing five single 

 petals, each 

 terminating in 

 a long claw, 

 enclosed in a 

 tubular calyx, 

 as the pink, 

 Fig. 77. 



Fig. 77. 



3d. Liliaceous, a corolla with 

 six petals, spreading gradually 

 from the, base, so as to exhibit a 

 bell-form appearance, as in the 

 tulip and lily. 



4th. Iiosaceous,acoro\la formed 

 of roundish spreading petals, 

 without claws, or with very short 

 ones, as the rose and apple. 



* From persona, a mask. 



i From ringo, to grin, or gape. 



Labiate corollas, how divided ?— Forms 

 of polypetalous corollas— Cruciform— Ca- 

 ryophyllous-Liliaceous— Rosaceous. 



