FLOWKHS: TIIKIU I-OWMS AND KINPS. 



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lluir uf a C'LurrybluMoiii. 



217. Flowers with one set of Organs united with anotlier. 'Vhv nMtuml way is, for 



all the pints to Htaiul on th(» rccj'ptacli' m- ond of thu llowiT-stulk tlio slom part 



of tilt' l)l().ss()m (191). 'I'licM tin" parts aro 



Huid to lie .//■''', or t(» !»(' inseiiiif on tlw />;- 



^aptwlr. So it is in tlio Huttrrcup, l-ily, 



Trillium ( Fi^'. 162), Flax, Arc. Hut in luanv 



flowt-rs ono sot ol" or^^ans <,m()\vs fast to 



aiiotln'r set, or, as wo say, is inst-rtrd on it. 



For instanc*', wo niav liavo tho I'ttah ami 



^fninfiifi iiixrrh'd nit f/if C(ih/.i', as in tlic 



Cherry, antl all tli»> Ivose family. Ki<,'. \()] 



is a flower (tf a Cherry, cut tlir(iu<;h tho 



middle lonf,'thwiso, to show tho ju'tals and stamens <;rowin<» on tho tube or cup 



of tho calyx. 'Tho moanin;,' of it is that all 

 thoso jiarts liavo •jrown to^'othoj- fi-om thoir 

 earliest formation. Next \\v may iiavi* tho 

 Cd/f/.r rn/nriiKf or i/niiri/ I'lisf In tlii' ilniri/, 

 or at least its cup or lower part ^'rowii 

 to tho o\ary, and forming: a part of the 

 thickness of its walls, as in tho ( 'urrant and 

 (Joosoberry, the Aj»ple and Hawthorn. Fi;^. 

 194 is aflower of Hawthorn cut throu^'h 

 len^,'th^^■is(^ to show this. in such casoa 



all other parts of the blossom appear to <.,'row on the ovary. So the ovary is said 



to be inferior, or, whicli is the sanif^ thin,";, 



the calyx {i.e., its lobes or border) and the 



rest of the blossom, superior. Or else v.'i 



say '■^ cah/.r coherent u-itli, the ovanj,'' which 



is best, because it explains tlu^ thin^. 



Staniena inmrlid on tlv Corolla, 'i'lie 



stamens and the corolla generally go to- 

 gether. And when tho corolla is of one 



piece {i.e., ntonopetalous, 213), the stamens 



almost always adhere to it within, more -^r 



less ; that is, are borue or *' inserted on the 



n.ilf of a Iluwtliorn-blimsniii. 



I'jj. Moruiiig-Ulory. 



