FLOWERS. 
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''Just at the top of the httle stalk which carries 
the orange flower you may see five green points. 
They belong to a little green cup in which the 
white parts of the flower seem to rest, and 
The Lily. 
they show you that five flower-leaves have grown 
together to form the cup. 
7. ''These little leaves are called sepals, and 
the cup which they form is the calyx. That name 
is given because it means ' a cup 
" If you look at some other flowers, you will 
find that the leaves of the calyx do not always 
