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DOMESTIC BOTANY. 



below the base of the ovary, as in the poppy, pseony, 

 mallow, pea, and cabbage families ; such being called 

 hypogynoiis (fig. 5, a). Second, on the interior side of the 

 calyx and corolla, as in the apple, plum, and strawberry 

 families; they are then called j^erigynous (fig. 5,6), that 

 is, round the ovary. Third, on the top of the ovary 

 (within the corolla), as in the day lily, fuchsia, evening 

 primrose, campanula, gooseberry, and cactus ; they are 

 then called epigynous (fig. 5, c and d), growing upon the 

 ovary. These three terms are also appHcable to the calyx 

 and corolla ; the first and last denotes the calyx and 



Fig. 5. 



corolla being inferior and superior, or when speaking of 

 the ovary or fruit, the opposite. 



In some cases, especially in the plants contained in 

 the fourteenth class of Linnaeus, when the corolla is 

 oblique, the stamens are generally on one side, and called 

 declinate. 



The words Thalamiflora, Calyciflom, and Corolliflom, 

 are divisional terms used by some botanists ; the first 

 two being equivalent to hypogynous and perigynous, 

 and the third when the corolla is monopetalous, with 

 perigynous stamens and free of the calyx. 



