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rLUWKK.S : TIIKIK ruKMS AM) KINDS. m^ 



2IO. An Irregular Flower, that is, one in wliich all th.- parts of til.' sanio sorturo 

 not alike. \'\n- in the Laiksjuir-lilossouj one of tlio scjials hcais a Ion;; hollow 

 8}>ui- or tail Ix'jiind, which t hf fdiir othns have not ; and the four small jM'tals aro 

 of two soi'ts. Tin; \'i(th't-i)l()ssoni (l''i,Lr. 17;,)'""! ''"' I'f.i hlossoni ( Kii,'. .^51) aro 

 .synnnetrical (exee})t as to the pistil), hnt iiici^idar. Ki;.'. i 74 shows th«' calyx 

 and thccoi'olla of the Violet ahove it displaytMl ; n. the (l\o sepals; //, th.- li\c jielals. 

 One (if the lat ter dilVei-s from the rest, havin;u' a sac or spur at the liase, uhich makes 

 the hlossoni irreirular. So far, most of the examples in this seetion are fiom 



212. Flowers with the parts all distinct, that is, of separate pieces; the calyx 

 of i/is/nirf .-^'jia/s, th(; corolla of (/is/inc/ jiil(tl,< (i.>' , /'i>fi/pt/<i/uN.-<), tlu' stamens dis- 

 tinct(sepaiate,iVc-.),and all the parts ^'rowitiij in re;;ular order out of the i't'ce|>tacle, 

 in other words, /'/ist'iic/ on the i-eceptacle. 'jhese are the simplest or most natural 

 flowers, th(^ parts answeiinif to so many leaves on a 

 short hranch, lint as in Honeysuckles ( Fi^'. 389) the 

 leaves of the same pair aie often found grown together 

 into one, so in I )lossom -leaves, thei-e are plenty of 



212. Flowers with their parts united or grown together. 



The flower of Morning- 



(Ilory (Fig. 4) is a good 



example. Here is the 



calyx of li\-e separate 



leaves or .se))als (Fig. 



176) ; but in the coiolla 



(Fig. 175) the five petals 



are comidetely united into 



a cup, just as the u])per 



leaves of Honeysuckles 



are into a round plate. 



"^riien, in Stramonium 



(Fig. 177), the five .sepals 



also are united or grown 



together almost to their 



tips into a cup or tul)e ; and .so are the five petals likewi.so, hut not quite to their 



tips ; and the five teeth or lobes (both of the calyx and of the corolla) plainly show 



how many leaves there really are in each set. When this is so in the corolla, it 



forms what is called a 



Mijni:n;,'-(';iiiry. 



SiraiiKiiiimn. 



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