. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. forms 137 /S??^,^'^, a wide-flaring limb, when it is said to be trumpet-shaped, as in morning-glory (Fig. 217) and pumpkin. If tlie tube is very narrow and the limb stands at right angles to it, the corolla is salverform, as in phlox (Fig. 218). If the tube is very short and the limb wide-spreading and nearly circular in outline, the corolla is rotate or wheel- shaped, as in potato (Fig. 219). 273. A gamopetalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx is often cleft in such waj' as to make two prominent parts. Such parts are said to be lipped o
. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. forms 137 /S??^,^'^, a wide-flaring limb, when it is said to be trumpet-shaped, as in morning-glory (Fig. 217) and pumpkin. If tlie tube is very narrow and the limb stands at right angles to it, the corolla is salverform, as in phlox (Fig. 218). If the tube is very short and the limb wide-spreading and nearly circular in outline, the corolla is rotate or wheel- shaped, as in potato (Fig. 219). 273. A gamopetalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx is often cleft in such waj' as to make two prominent parts. Such parts are said to be lipped or labiate. Each of the lii)s or lobes nja\ Ik. "217. Truiupet-shiiiRHl flower of momiiijiglory. Kot:ito flowers of ]>ot;ito. notched or toothed. In 5-merous flowers, the lower lip is usuall}' 3-lobed and the upper one 2-lobed. flowers are char- acteristic of the mint family (Fig. 197), and the family therefore is called the Labiata'. (Propeily, labi- ate means merely lipped, without specifying the number of lips or lobes; )>iit it is commonly used to i^'ualc "-'-lipiiiMl ll()\sci-s.) Strt)ii^l\' '_'-pai' polypctalous llowers maybe ^aid to belaliiate; l)iit the tei'ia is oftenest used lor ;iaiiioi)elaloiis corollas. 274. liabiate gamopetalous flowers which arc ill the tliroat (or entrance to llie tube) are said to tie ^rinniiig or personate (personate means iimsLnl, or /h rsoii-lil,i ). Snapdragon is a tspical example ( I^'i^'. â _'-<0: also toad-flax or biiltcf-aiid-cggs (l"'ig. -11). and many related plants, rersonate tlowcfs nsiialh liaxc dejinite I'clat ions t<i inscj't. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York Macmillan
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