POLYPETALOUS, AND GAMOPETALOUS COROLLA. 89 
46. There is another point of importance with respect 
to the calyx, which must be understood, and which 
will be referred to again; if the flower of a Mallow, 
Hollyhock, Wallflower, Buttercup, Primrose, Pink, 
&e. be carefully examined, it will be seen that all the 
parts of the flower, as the Corolla, Stamens, and Pistil, 
are quite separate from the calyx, although they are 
more or less contained in it. But in the flowers of the 
Myrtle, Campanula, Fuschia (pl. 18. f. 9.), Carrot 
(pl. 14. f. 6.), Currant, Gooseberry, Melon, Cucumber 
(pl. 18. f. 10.), and Evening Primrose, the calyx (c.) will 
be found to be united to the pistil, and the teeth or 
lobes of the calyx only remain separate from and 
above it. In these cases the calyx is said to adhere to 
the pistil, or to be a superior calyx: but in the former, 
it is said to be free, or an inferior calyx. 
The proper way of examining the character of the 
adherent or superior calyx, is to cut the flower in two 
in a perpendicular direction down to the stalk, as 
represented in pl. 18. f. 9. of the Fuschia, when the 
actual position of the calyx with reference to the pistil 
will be well seen. 
OF THE COROLLA. 
47. The term Corolla is a general one used to express 
the coloured portion of the flower, or blossom, whatever 
may be the number of its parts. The divisions of the 
corolla are termed petals, and these may vary in 
number in different plants, as in the Buttercup, Pink, 
Wallflower ; such corollas are termed polypetalous, or 
a corolla of many petals. The corolla may consist of 
