70 MORPHOLOGICAL BOTANY. 



Daidzu, it has two cotyledons ; and in others, as those of the 

 species of Pinus (Fig. 91), it has three or more cotyledons. 



In the first case the seed is said to be Monocotyledonous ; 

 in the second, Dicotyledonous; and in the last, Polycotyle- 

 donous. 



Kinds op the seed- 



Monocotyledonous Seed. 

 Dicotyledonous Seed. 

 Polycotyledonous Seed. 



KINDS OF THE FLOWER. 

 Flowers vary according to either their floral envelopes, 

 or their essential organs, so that they may be classified in 



two ways. 



KINDS OF FLOWERS ACCORDING TO THEIR 

 FLORAL ENVELOPES. 



In some plants as the Mume and Sakara (Fig. 55) the 

 flower possesses the corolla, while in others as the Jincho- 

 ge (Daphne odor a) and Nawashirogumi (Elceagnus pun- 

 gens) (Fig. 94) it does not possess the corolla. In the 

 former case the flower is said to be Petalous or Dichlamy- 

 deous, and in the latter Apetalous. 



Petalous Flower. 

 Apetakms Flower. 



In some of the petalous flowers, the corolla is dialy- 

 petalous as in the Kabura (Fig. 54) and Sakura (Fig 55) ; 

 while in others it is Garnopetalous as in the Asagao (Fig. 9) 

 and Odorikoso (Fig. 59). In the former case the flower is 

 said to be Dialypetalous, and in the latter Gamopetalous. 

 t~. ( Dialypetalous Flower. 



Petalous flower-^ _, , , ~ 



{ Gamopetalous Flower. 



In some of the dialypetalous flowers, the corolla is quite 

 separated from the calyx, as in the Kabura (Fig. 54) and 



Flower] 



