The American botanist and florist; including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union . talis, Elder. Itis sometimes a little irregular, as in Mullein. 2d, Cup-shaped^with pieces cohering into a concave border, as in the calyx of 36 STEUCTUEAL BOTANY. Mallows, corolla of Kalmia, etc. 3d, Campamdate^ or bell-shaped ; when the tube widens abruptly at base and graduallyin the border, as in the Harebell, Canterbury-bell. 4th, Urceo-late^ urn-s
The American botanist and florist; including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union . talis, Elder. Itis sometimes a little irregular, as in Mullein. 2d, Cup-shaped^with pieces cohering into a concave border, as in the calyx of 36 STEUCTUEAL BOTANY. Mallows, corolla of Kalmia, etc. 3d, Campamdate^ or bell-shaped ; when the tube widens abruptly at base and graduallyin the border, as in the Harebell, Canterbury-bell. 4th, Urceo-late^ urn-shaped; an oblong or globular corolla with a narrowopening, as the Whortleberry, Heath. 5th, Funnel-form (in-fundibuliform), narrow-tubular below, gradually enlarging tothe border, as Morning-glory. 6th, Salver-form, (hypocrateri-form), the tube ending abruptly in a horizontal border, as inPhlox, Petunia, both of which are slightly irregular. Zth, Tubu-lar^ a cylindraceous form spreading little or none at the border;as the calyx of the Pink, corolla of the Honeysuckle. It is oftena little curved. Tubular flowers are common in the Compositse,as the Thistle, Sunflower, when they are often associated withthe next form, the ligulate. 64 - 62. Forms of corolhis.—62, Campanula Americana; rotate. 63, Campanula divaricata. 64, Andromeda;urceolate. 65, Convolvulus (Morning-glory). 66, Petunia. 67, Lonicera sempervireus (Honeysuckle). 68, Dandelion: ligulate corolla (c), 5-toothed; a, five anthers united into a tube around *, the style. 69, Synandra grandiflora, ringent, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed. 70, Linaria (yellow Sjiapdragon),peTSonate. 71, Cypripedium acaule, orchidaceous. 103. Gamopetalous-irregular perianths may be either lig-ulate or labiate. The Ligidate corolla {ligula^ tongue) is formedas if by splitting a tubular corolla on one side. The notches atthe end plainly indicate the number of united petals composing rOKMS OF THE PERIANTH. 37 it, as also do the parallel longi
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