FLOWKRS: TFIfllR KOUMS AND KINDS. 



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^lorninrj-CJlorv, the Lily (Fi;,'. 1-12), ami tlif Stonocrop (191), tlioy will soon 

 Iciini to iinder.st.'ind it in uny or all of its diverse t'ornis. 'I'he principal varie- 

 ties or special forms that occur aniont; common plants will he desciihed und«!r 

 tlie families, in the /''/(>r(( which makes the Second Part of this hook. There 

 students will learn them in the easiest way, as they hapjien to m«>et with tliem 

 in collectin<; and analysirifj plants. Here we will only notice the leadin<ij Kimh 

 of ]'ai'i(if/n/t ill flowers, at the same time exi)lainiii<,' some of the terms wliich 

 are used in descrihin<; them. 



201. Flowers consist of sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils, 'rheir may he few 

 or many of each of these in any particular flow cr : these ])arts may l)e all separate, 

 ns they are in the Stonecroj) ; or they may he ^Mown 



together, in every degree .and in every conceivahle 

 wav : or anv one or more of the ])arts mav he left 

 out, as it were, or wanting altogether in a particular 

 flower. And the parts of the same soi-t may he all 

 alike, or some may he larger or smaller than the 

 rest, or ditl'i'rently shaped. S > that thi.vers imiy he 

 classilied into several sorts, of which the following 

 are the princip.al. 



202. A Complete Flower is one which has all the 

 four })arts, namely, calyx, corolla, stamens, and pis- 

 tils. This is the case in all the flowers we have Complete flower of Triiiium. 

 yet taken for examples; also in Trilliiun (Fig 1 3S, 

 reduced in size, and here in Fig. 162, with the 

 blos.som of the size of life, and spread open flat.) 



203. A Perfect Flower is one which has holh sta- 

 mens and pistils. A complete flower is of course a 

 perfect one ; 1)ut many flowers are perfect and not 

 com))lete, as in Fig. 163, 164, 



204. An Incomplete Flower is one which wants at 



k^ast one of the four kinds of organs. This may 

 hapi)en in various ways. It may l)e 



AjiefaloN.^ ; that is, liaving no petals. Thi> is the 

 case in Anemony (Fig 163) and M.arsh-Marigold. For these have only one 

 row of flower-leaves, and that is a calyx. The petals which are here wanting 



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