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Fy D393 On ae a 
a EN 3 Pi ) 
f ZA AE rts 2a G ue 
SF RIES, 
D 
Wes i Mee HERE wer—the Calyx, 
ace ke 4) Corolla, Stamens, Pistils, ‘Picienxpleen Seed, and Re- 
Oe Ges  —_ceptacle. 
\ b&n ae. The Calyz, a called the flower cup, is formed 
5 Cy WE 
or yellow leaves, situated at a 
m; its chief use 
a 
flower opens. In the rose, it is situated above the ger- 
men, eed vessel ; = in the pea, it will be found 
\} mote from the flower, as in the Carrot and 
x other bai ants ies Note pias it is 
A called an Invo mtiguous to the flower, 
parts oY me waduos as in ii Primrose, 
me flowers have no Calyx, as the Tulip—others 
have them double, as in the uti but most flowers 
’ have them single, as in the Primro 
; Linnzus considered the Calyx as a @ prdlongaiion of 
the cortex, or outer bark of the pla: 
Calyx.—The Perianth is not — in double flow- 
be often discovered 
ers; hence the genus, or family ma; 
by the calyx 
The Corolla i is formed by the delicate leaves called the 
blossom ; as the red leaves of a rose, each one of which 
Petal. It is distinguished from the Perianth 
<a its ¢ olors. The coro ss is considered 
D> oy 
ees Se 
ae are threads wi 
ithin a flower, which have 
aa o par he filament, or slender part by which they 
are parity to the flower; and the anther (which holds 
the a or fine powder) situated on the top of the 
ted externally with respect to the 
They are inse 
the ee oe thee either baits the germen, or the 
style. Their ers in different genera and 
species of Boers, , om one ‘ a hundred or more. 
The Stamens, ding to their number, situation, 
and proportion, pasietes the leading principles of dis- 
tinction in the artificial, or sexual, s f Linnzeus. 
These organs are liable to be changed into petals, in 
what are ed double flowers; and, if the change be 
complete the flower will no longer bear a perfect seed. 
le flowers become what is botanically termed 
ters, by the multiplication of their petals 
ve tb 
or nectaries. 
In those flowers which have many petals, the lowest 
series of the petals remain unchanged in respect to 
number: hence, the natural number of the petals is 
easily dis 
ermen, style and stigma. 
bitte of the pistil, is called the germen, or seed-bud, 
and contains the rudiments of the young fruit, or seed ; 
the style stands upon the germen, and serves to eleva’ 
the stigma or — ee angie The een is 
present. 
