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OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



Fig. 111. Flower of tho Strawberry. Fig. 112. Flower of the Pink. 



Fig. IIZ. Flower of the Lily. 



71. Often in the petal, and sometimes in the sepal, you 

 can distinguish two parts, — namely, the broad, expanded 

 part above, called the lamina., and the narrow part at base 

 by which it is attached to the torus ; this is the claw (Fig. 

 116, 0). The petal of the Pink has a long claw; of the Eose 

 or Buttercup (Fig. 119), a short one. 



72. The forms of the petal are almost infinite in variety, 

 like the leaf; as ovate, orbicular, oblong, &c., and some- 



71. Will you define tte lamina ? tlieclaw? 

 73. Please mention some of the forms of petals. 



