COROLLA. 
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Fig. 71. 2d. Funnel-form , ( infun - 
dibuliformis, from m- 
fundibulum, a funnel;) 
having a tubular base, 
and a border opening 
in the form of a funnel, 
as the Morning-glory, 
Fig. 71. 
3d. Cwp- 
Fig. 72. shaped , (Cya- 
th for mis, from 
cyathus , 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 or mis, 
from the 
Greek krater, 
an ancient 
drinking glass 
called a sa/r- 
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. 
This kind of 
corolla may be seen in the mul¬ 
lein. 
6th. Labiate, (from labia, lips;) 
consists of two parts, resembling 
the lips of a horse, or other ani- 
Funnel-form—Cup-shaped—Salver- 
form—W heel-form. 
Fig. 73. 
Fig. 74. 
mal. Labiate corollas are said 
to be personate* having the throat 
closed, or ringent, | 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 tw T o 
lips. Bi-labi¬ 
ate is some¬ 
times used in the same sense as 
labiate. 
Different forms of Polypetalous 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. Rosaceous, 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 ?—Forms 
of polypetalous corollas—Cruciform—Ca- 
ryophyllous—Liliaceous—Rosaceous. 
