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ding. Like the calyx, tlie corolla, when it is joined 

 up into one piece, as it is in, the primrose, the 

 harebell or bluebell, or in the blue veronica, 

 indicates its many-pieced origin by the divisions, 

 more or less deep, which are marked upon it; 

 these divisions bearing the same position, rela- 

 tively, to the divisions of the calyx that distinct 

 petals do — that is to say, the corolla petals or 

 divisions are placed in alternation with the calyx 

 sepals, or divisions, not opposite, Mark the fact, 

 as we shall have to return to it. 



The forms of the corolla are exceedingly nume- 

 rous ; the crucifer or cross-like, the papilionaceous 

 or butterfly-Uke, and the rosaceous we have already 

 seen, but to these we must add the labiated, as 

 we shall see it in the common white nettle, the 

 bell shape of the bluebell, the wheel shape of the 

 forget-me-not, and the strap- shaped little florets 

 of the dandelion, or of the white ray of the daisy. 

 Moreover, as if height, colour, and varied and 

 lovely form were not enough, you will find many 

 a blossom ornamented with other appendages, such 

 as hairs, glands,- coronets, etc., which add to its 

 beauty. Go and see. 



STAMENS. 



Within the corolla, and, when definite in num- 

 ber, alternating with its divisions, in the perfect 

 flower, we have the stamens, those important 



