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OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



pink-like; a form with five long-clawed petals. Fig. 137 

 (Atamasco Lily) is a liliaceous corolla, having a six-leaved 

 perianth, made up of three sepals and three petals, all colored 

 alike. 



Fig. 188. Pea,— an irregular flower. Fig. 189. Its five petals shown separate, viz., 

 V, the banner ; -o, a, the wings ; c, c, the keel-petals. 

 Fig. 140. Flax {Zinum grandifiorum), — a regular flower. 



89. Fig. 145 is the flower of Sweet Pea, an irregular 

 corolla, called papilionaceous, or butterfly-shaped, consisting 

 of five petals, as displayed in Fig. 139, viz., one odd petal 

 above, very large, called the ianner, two smaller petals 

 below Qc), called the heel, and two lateral petals {a, a), called 

 the wings. 



90. "We next propose to examine the principal forms of 

 gamopetalous corollas. Here we have a beautiful array of 

 them. Among the regular forms is, first, the Rotate, wheel- 

 shaped or star-shaped, having a very short tube, and a flat, 

 spreading border ; as Fig. 141 (Campanula Americana). 



91. Campanulate, bell-shaped, having a wide tube and 



89. Can you describe the papilionaceous corolla ? 



90. Of monopetalous corollas, describe the rotate. 



91. The campanulate. 



