HO FLO WER-LAND. 



hair-bell * (cf. Fig. 92) ; and other words which are 

 easy to understand, as tubular, in a single central 

 flower of the daisy ; or funnel-shaped, of which the 

 common bindweed is a good example. In the 

 dandelion you have an example of ligulate\ or strap- 

 shaped corollas (Fig. 138). 



Let us look for some examples of the gamopetalous 

 and polypetalous corollas as we go along. 



But we must notice also the same difference with 

 regard to the calyx. Can you find either the common 

 creeping buttercup,! or the common upright meadow 

 buttercup, with its smooth round stem ? If you can 

 you will see its calyx spreading out under the corolla ; 

 and you can pull off its separate parts or leaflets, with- 

 out tearing them, just as you can do 

 with the polypetalous corolla. 

 These leaflets of the calyx are called 

 sepals.\\ So sometimes a calyx is 

 polysepalous, as in the buttercup 

 (Fig. 93). 



But sometimes you find it all in 



Fig- 93- Flower of 



one piece, as in the primrose or Buttercup (Ranumu- 



,v i j ,,i i ,i hts acris)'', s the ped- 



the dead nettle, a calyx that is unclCj ^oletalous 



gamosepalous (Fig. 87). ^"ous i x 



* Capanula rotundifolia, hair-bell or hare-bell, common bell flower. 



f From the Latin " labium," a lip ; " ringor" I grin ; "persona," 

 a mask or false face ; " rota,'" a wheel ; " campanula]' a bell ; " ligula" 

 a slip or tongue (of land). 



% Rammculus repens. 



Ranunculus acris. 



|| From the Latin (sepalum] " sepio," I enclose. 



