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~Crown; Cup, Corona, Scyphus, Paracorolla. A kind of 
corolla placed within the real corolla, or corollalike perigo- 
nium. Narcissus. 
Parapetala. Apparent petals seated within the true pe- 
tals. Helleborus.—They appear to be abortive stamens. 
Parastades. Barren filaments, composed of cells in 
divers rows, situated between the petals and the stamens. 
Passiflora, Sparmannia. 
Nectaristigmata. Coloured spots at the base of the 
petals. Papaver. ; 
Scales, Sguame. Small appendages to flowers. 
Periphyllia, Appendices. Scales surrounding the ovary. 
Graminee. 
Lamelle. Scales, or petal-like appendages upon the 
corolla. Silene, Nerium, Oleander. 
Parastyli, Prosphyses. Abortive or imperfect pistills, 
mixed with the perfect ones. 
Paracarpium. An abortive or imperfect ovary; or that 
part of a male flower where the ovary would be placed, if 
it were hermaphrodite. 
Parastamina. Abortive stamina, or parts which resemble 
stamina, but do not perform their office. 
Perisporum. Filaments surrounding the ovary. Cype- 
raceza. 
Lepisma. A membranaceous or slightly fleshy scale at 
the base of the ovary. Ponia, Aquilegia vulgaris: these 
appear to be in some cases abortive stamens, in others ex- 
pansions of the receptacle, which latter sometimes entirely 
surround the ovary. Pzeonia Moutan papaveracea. 
Sarcoma. A fleshy part, of various shape, either sur- 
rounding the ovary, or placed near it. Cobeea. 
Urceolus, Perigynium. A small cartilaginous, or mem-~- 
branaceous bladder, surrounding the ovary, and open at 
top, to let the style pass through. Carex. Some call this 
a nectary, although it does not secrete a nectareous juice; 
others a corolla, although it is seated within the stamens; 
others a capsule, although it is no part of the pistill or 
fruit; others a lodicule. 
Hood, Siylotegium. A hollowing out of the united fila- 
ments of the stamens, covering .the ovary like a hood. 
Asclepiadeze. 
Saccus, Corona, Stylotegium. Filaments of the stamens 
united together. Stapelia. 
Horns, Cornua. The hornlike appendages by which 
the stylotegium is terminated. Stapelia. 
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