THE FLOWER 83 



plant, palang-shag or Spinach, chuprhi-aloo, kia 

 {Pandanus), ganja or Hemp, tal or Palmyra-palm, 

 khejur or Date-palm, shaorha 

 (Streblus asper), are diclinous 

 and dicecious. The flowers of 

 Castor-oil and krishna-kali are 

 monochlamydeous, and those of 

 rang-chita, pan, kia, and kachu 

 achlamydeous. The flowers of Fig. 78.-Papaw— male flowers 

 amrha, lichoo or Litchi, gab, 



jungli-badam {StercuUa faetida), sundri {Heritiera 

 minor), and hijli-badam or Cashew nut are poly- 

 gamous. 



CHAPTER Xni 



THE FLOWER — PART II: THE HELPING WHORLS 



Calyx. — The calyx is the outermost whorl of the 

 perianth. The leaves, called sepals, of which it is 

 formed are usually green. Occasionally they are 

 coloured, and when coloured the calyx is said to be 

 PETALOID or petal-like (see Plate V, b). When all the 

 sepals of a calyx are equal or nearly so in shape and 

 size, the calyx is said to be regular ; when they are 

 unequal in shape and size, the calyx is said to be 

 IRREGULAR. When the sepals are wholly distinct or 

 free from one another, the calyx is called polysepa- 

 Lous ; when they are coherent or joined with one an- 

 other, the calyx is called gamosepalous. In a gamo- 

 sepalous calyx the cohesion between the sepals seldom 

 extends over the whole length; the lower portions usu- 

 ally unite, forming the tube, and the upper portions 

 remain free, and are called the limbs. When the 



