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PLANT STEUCTUEES 



ated into two regions (Fig. 210, b), a more or less tubular 

 portion, the tube, and a more or less flaring portion, the limb. 



125. Actinomorphic 

 to zygomorpMc flow- 

 ers. — In the simpler 

 flowers all the mem- 

 bers of any one cycle 

 are alike ; the petals 

 are all alike, the 

 stamens are all alike, 

 etc. Looking at the 

 center of the flower, 

 all the parts are re- 

 peated about it like 

 the parts of a radi- 

 ate animal. Such a 

 flower is actinomor- 

 phic, meaning "ra- 

 diate," and is often 

 called a " regular 

 flower." Although 

 the term actinomor- 

 phic strictly applies to all the floral organs, it is especially 

 noteworthy in connection with the corolla, whose changes 

 will be noted. 



Fig 209. Flower of morning-glory {Jjwma^a), with 

 t^ynipetaloLis corolla split open, showing the five 

 attached stamens, and the superior ovary with 

 prominent style and stigma ; the flower is hy- 

 pogynous, sympetalous, and actinomorphic. — 

 After ^Ieissner. 



Fiu. 210. A group of sympetalous flower forms; a, a flower of harebell, showing a 

 bell-shaped corolla; &, a llnwcr of phlox, showing a tube and spreading limb; c, a 

 flower of dead-nettle, showing a zygomorphic fwo-lii)i>e(l corolla; d, a flower of 

 toad-flax, showing a two-lipped corolla . and also a spur formed by the base of the 

 corolla; e, a flower of the snapdragon, showing the two lips of the corolla closed. 

 — After Gray. 



