495 



TABLE VI. 



497 Proprium, without respect to the flower, 



498 Monophyllum, consisting of one leaf. 



499 Polvphyllum, consisting of many leaves. 



500 2 — 5 Fidum (183), divided into two, three, four, or five di* 



visions. 



501 2-^-5 Partitum (186), divided almost to the base, from two 



to five. 



502 Integrum, entire (171), undivided. 



503 Tubulosum (262), tube-shaped. 



504 Patens (134), spreading. 



505 Reflexum, the parts bent backwards. 



506 Inflatum, puffed out like a bladder. 



507 Abbreviatum, shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 50S Obtusum (205), the divisions rounded. 



509 Acutum (210), the divisions sharp. 



510 Spinosum (75), bearing spines. 



511 Aculeatum (244), bearing prickles. 



512 Superum, when the germen is below the receptacle. 



513 Inferum, when the germen is above the receptacle. 



514 Commune, a common calyx, containing many florets, as in 



compound flowers. 



515 Imbricatum, scaled, various scales lying over one another. 



516 Squarro*um, with scales pointing many ways. 



517 Scariosum, having scales ; their margins are membranaceous, 



hard, dry, and sounding when touched. 



518 Turbinatum, top-shaped, like an obverse cone. 



519 Calyculatum, when a lesser calyx is added, and encircles 



the base of the larger one. 



520 Involucrum, a kind of calyx, standing remote from the 



flower. 



521 Universale, in umbelliferous plants, standing under the 



universal umbel. 



522 Partiale, an involucrum, standing under the partial umbel. 



523 Proprium, always under the flower. 



524 Glum a, a husk, a cup belonging to the grasses, whose flowers 



it embraces, with the valves folded over. 



