COROLLA. 
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Fig. 72. 
Fio". 71. 2d. Fu7i7iel-forin, (infun- 
dibidiformis, from in- 
fundihulum,, a funnel;) 
having a tubular base, 
and a border opening 
in the form of a funnel, 
as the Morning-glory, 
Fig. 71. 
3d. Cup- 
shaped, (Cya- 
thiformis, from 
cyath7is, a 
drinking-cup ;) 
differing from 
funnel-shaped, 
in having its 
tube, and bor- 
der, less sprea- 
ding; and from 
bell-form, in 
not having its tube appear as if 
scooped at out the base, Fig. 72. 
4th. Salver- 
form, {hypo- 
crater if ormis, 
from the 
Greek krater^ 
an ancient 
drinking glass 
called a salv- 
er ;) this has a 
flat, spreading 
border, pro- 
ceeding from 
the top of a 
tube, Fig. 73. 
5th. Wheel- 
form, {rotate, 
from rota, a 
wheel;) having 
a short border 
without any tube 
or with a very 
short one, Fig. 
74. 
This kind of 
corolla may be seen in the mul- 
lein. 
6th. Labiate, (from labia, lips ;) 
consists of two parts, resembhng 
the lips of a horse, or other ani 
Funnel-form — Cup-shaped — Salver- 
form— Wheel-form. 
mal. Labiate corollas are said 
to be personate,^ having the throat 
closed, or ringe7it,-\ with the throat 
open. You 
have a labiate 
corolla of the 
ringent kind, 
at Fig. 75. 
The term la- 
biate is also 
applied to a 
calyx of two 
lips. Bi-labi- 
ate is some- 
times used in the same sense as 
labiate. 
Different forms of Polypefalous Co- 
rollas. 
1st. Cruciform, 
(from crux, a 
cross ;) consist- 
ing of four petals 
of equal size, 
spreading out in 
the form of a 
cross, as the rad- 
ish, cabbage, &c. 
Fig. 76. 
2d. Caryo- 
phyllous, hav- 
ing five single 
petals, each 
terminating in 
a long claw, 
enclosed in a 
tubular calyx, 
as the pink, 
Fig. 77. 
Fig. 77. 
3d. Liliaceous, a corolla with 
six petals, spreading gradually 
from the base, so as to exhibit a 
bell-form appearance, as in the 
tulip and lily. 
4th. i?osa6'eoz^5, a corolla formed 
of roundish spreading petals, 
without claws, or with very short 
ones, as the rose and apple. 
* From persona.^ a mask 
"t From ringo, to grin, or gape. 
Labiate corollas, how divided 7— Forms 
of polypetalous corollas— Cruciform— Ca- 
ryophyllous— Liliaceous— Rosaceous. 
