234 FLOWER 



one whorl. Aiiisoinerous=in number unequal to sepals and petals which 

 form one whorl. 



XXV. Duration of floral leaves. — ^Anthesis = the time during which a 

 flower is in the blossoming (open) stage : or the act of opening of the 

 flower. Persistent = remaining until the fruit is matured. MarceBCent= 

 withering without falling. Deciduous = falling before the fruit forms. 

 Fugacious = falling or decaying in one day. Caducous = falling as the 

 flower opens. 



RECEPTACLE. 



XXVI. Torus =tlialamus= receptacle. Calyx-tube = concave receptacle. 

 Carpophore = that portion of the axis which is prolonged between the 

 carpels of a syncarpous ovary in the fruiting stage (e.g. Geranium, Parsley). 

 Stipltate: any part of a flower which is usually devoid of a stalk is 

 said to be stipltate when it is specially stalked (e.g. stipitate pappus of the 

 Dandelion). 



SHAPE OF THE PERIANTH (including the Calyx 

 AND Corolla). 



XXVII. Mono-, syn- =gamo- -sepalous or -petalous. Chori-, dialy- = 

 poly-sepalous or -petalous. When a sepal or petal has a narrow claw it 

 is said to be unguioulate. When gamosepalous or gamopetalous the 

 combined portion is the tube, the free portions form the limb, and the 

 region at the junction of the limb and tube is the throat (faux). 



XXVIII. Regular forms.— Rotate = wheel-shaped (fig. 271). Camp- 

 anulate = bell-shaped or cup-shaped. TJroeolate= pitcher-shaped, with the 



tube swollen in the middle and narrowed at the top (fig. 273). Bladdery = 

 inflated = dilated like a bladder (fig. 272). Infundibulum — funnel-shaped 

 (fig. 274). Turbinate = top- or pear-shaped. Craterlfonn = saucer-shaped. 

 Tubular = cylindric. Hypocraterifonn= salver-shaped (fig. 275). 



XXIX. In regular or irregular forms. — Calcarate = spurred = having a 

 deep pointed bag termed a spur. Saccate = having a shallow rounded 

 bag. Gibbous = having a slight projection. 



XXX. Irregular forms. — Bilabiate = two-lipped. Ringent=gaping, is a 

 term applied to a two-lipped gamopetalous corolla when the entrance to the 

 tube is clearly open. Personate = masked, is a term applied to a two- 

 lipped gamopetalous corolla when the entrance to the tube is blocked by a 

 projection — the palate — from one of the lips (e.g. Snapdragon). 



