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Crown, Cup, Corona , Scyphus , Paracorolla. A kind of 
corolla placed within the real corolla, or corollalike perigo- 
nium. Narcissus. 
Parapetala. Apparent petals seated within the true pe- 
tals. Helleborus. — They appear to be abortive stamens. 
Parastades . Barren filaments, composed of cells in 
divers rows, situated between the petals and the stamens. 
Passiflora, Sparmannia. 
Nectaristigmata . Coloured spots at the base of the 
petals. Papaver. 
Scales, Squamae. Small appendages to flowers. 
Periphyllia , Appendices, Scales surrounding the ovary. 
Graminem. 
Lamellae. Scales, or petal-like appendages upon the 
corolla. Silene, Nerium, Oleander. 
Paraslyli, Prosp/iyses. Abortive or imperfect pistills, 
mixed with the perfect ones. 
Paracarpium . An abortive or imperfect ovary ; or that 
part of a male flower where the ovary would be placed, if 
it were hermaphrodite. 
Parastamina. Abortive stamina, or parts which resemble 
stamina, but do not perform their office. 
Perispornm . Filaments surrounding the ovary. Cype- 
raceaea. 
Lepisma. A membranaceous or slightly fleshy scale at 
the base of the ovary. Paeonia, Aquilegia vulgaris : these 
appear to be in some cases abortive stamens, in others ex- 
pansions of the receptacle, which latter sometimes entirely 
surround the ovary. Paeonia Moutan papaveracea. 
Sarcoma. A fleshy part, of various shape, either sur- 
rounding the ovary, or placed near it. Cobaea. 
Urceolus , Perigynium. A small cartilaginous, or mem- 
branaceous bladder, surrounding the ovary, and open at 
top, to let the style pass through. Carex. Some call this 
a nectary, although it does not secrete a nectareous juice; 
others a corolla, although it is seated within the stamens ; 
others a capsule, although it is no part of the pistill or 
fruit ; others a lodicule. 
Hood, Stylotegium. A hollowing out of the united fila- 
ments of the stamens, covering . the ovary like a hood. 
Asclepiadeae. 
Saccus, Corona , Stylotegium. Filaments of the stamens 
united together. Stapelia. 
Horns, Cornua. The hornlike appendages by which 
the stylotegium is terminated. Stapelia. 
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