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Fi p12. Echium vulgare. Boraginee. _ Calyx,, five- 
rted; corolla irregular, tube short, orifice bellshape, 
limb oblique, 5-lobed, lobes unequal; stamens 5; stigma 
2-cut. 
a. A bractea, or floral leaf. 
Fig. 18. Eriostomum Germanicum. Laliate. Corolla 
2-lipped, tube short; upper lip or galea ascending, lower 
lip bent down. 
Fig. 14. Sideritis Canariensis. Labiate. Calyx tubular, 
5-toothed ; corolla tubulous, 2-lipped, lips short and equal. 
Fig. 15. Plectranthus punctatus.- Laliaie. Calyx five- 
toothed, upper tooth the largest; corolla two-lipped, 
lying down, upper lip short, turned back, 2-lobed; lower 
lip bent in, 3-lobed, middle lobe hollow; stamens lying 
down. 
Fig. 16. Scabiosa agrestis. Dipsacee. Calathide flos- 
cular. 
Fig. 17. A central flower of the same; calyx double. 
corolla tubular, limb lobed, unequal; stamens 4, exserted. 
a. External calyx. bottleshape. 
&. Internal calyx, divided into awns. 
fig. 18. A flower from the circumference of the same 
calathide; having the limb of the corolla much larger; 
style 1. 
Fig. 19. Andryala cheiranthifolia. Composite. Calathide 
semifloscular, cut transversely. 
a. Clinanthe hairy, supporting the ligulate flowers 62 8. 
Fig. 20. A ligulate flower of the same. 
a. Fruit crowned by the calycine pappus. 
6. Corolla. 
c. Filaments of the stamens. 
d. Anthers united together. 
e. Style single; stigma two-cut. 
Fig. 21. Ximenesia encelloides. Composiie. Calathide 
radiated ; clinanthe paleaceous; akenium not pappous.— 
A hermaphrodite, tubular flower with the palea. 
Fig. 22. A female ligulate flower of the same, magnified. 
see A age 
