OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



pink-like ; a form with five long-clawed petals. Fig. 137 

 (Atamasco Lily) is a liliaceous corolla, having a six-leaved 

 perianth, made up of three sepals and three petals, all colored 



Fig. 188. 1'ea, an irregular flower. Fig. 189. Its five petals shown separate, via., 

 *, the banner ; a, a, the wings ; c, c, the keel-petals. 

 Fig. 140. Flax (Linum grandiftoniin), a regular flower. 



89. Fig. 138 is the flower of Sweet Pea, an irregular 

 corolla, called papilionaceous, or butterfly-shaped, consisting 

 of five petals, as displayed in Fig. 139, viz., one odd petal 

 above, very large, called the banner, two smaller petals 

 below (&), called the keel, and two lateral petals (a, a), called 

 the wings. 



90. We next propose to examine the principal forms of 

 gamopetalous corollas. Here we have a beautiful array of 

 them. Among the regular forms is, first, the IZotate, wheel- 

 shaped or star-shaped, having a very short tube, and a flat, 

 epreading border ; as Fig. 141 (Campanula Americana). 



91. Campanulate, bell-shaped, having a wide tube and 



89. Can you describe the papilionaceous corolla ? "- 



90. Of monopetalous corollas, describe the rotate. 91. The campanulate 



