20 INTRODUCTION. 
Item, and fupporting the Corolla, as 
in the Auricula, Polyanthus, &c. 
II. The Calyx, or flower cup, the part 
which guards and fupports the Corolla, 
as in the Carnation, Pink, &c. 
III. The Corolla, the flower or bloflom, 
properly fo called, confiding of one 
♦ 
or more petals. When this is entire, 
It is called Monopetalous, or a Corolla 
of one petal, as in the Auricula and 
Polyanthus; but when it is divided 
quite to the bafe, into two or more 
parts, each part is called a Petal; thus 
the Tulip is faid to have fix petals; 
in double flowers they are extremely 
numerous, and the Corolla of fuch 
may be termed Polypetalous. 
IV. The Petal, or Angle floral leaf. 
V. The Unguis, or lower, long, narrow 
part of a petal, called the Bafe, or 
Claw, 
VI. The 
