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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 131
Oldfashion-salvershape, hypocrateriformis. The tube
long, the limb regular and spread out flat, or nearly so.
Vinc^i, Phlox, Ericala verna.
Gobletshape, cyathifqrmis. Tube long, slightly dilated
at top, the limb regular and upright. Symphytum tuberosum.
Wheel-like, rotata. Tube very short, limb regular,
open, flat, with broad divisions. Borrago oflicinalis, Verbascum
decurrens, Ph3'salis Alkekengi.
Starlike, stellata. Tube very short, limb regular, open,
flat, with pointed divisions. Galium verum, Valantia cru-
ciata.
^ One-lipped, unUauiatn. Monopetalous, irregular, tlie
lower part of the limb prolonged beyond the rest. Acanthus.
Scooplike, ligidata. One-lipped, the lip very long and
straight. Taraxacum officinale, Helianthus, and many
other compositae.
Two-lipped, lilahiata. The limb split on the sides into
two lips, of different forms. Labiatoe, Rhinanthus, Pedi-
cularis.
Gaping, ringens. The two lips being placed apart resemble
the throat of an animal. Salvia officinalis, Lamium
album, Dracocephalum, Stachys.
Masklike, personata. The two lips are closed b}' an internal
projection of the throat of the flower, called the palate,
palatium. Orontium majus, Antirrhinum vulgare.
Some include under this
various anomalous forms.
irregular monopetalous corollse of
Turned over, resiip'mata. Two-lipped, and appearing at
the first view, as if the lips had changed their usual places.
Ocymum Basilicum, Plectranthus punctatus.
5. Appendages.
Appendiculated, Corolla appendicidala. Having an
elongation or additional part, more than the ordinary form
of petals, either at the base, Hypericum iEgypliacum, or
at the summit, Silene.
Hooked, undnata. With an appendage like a hook,
placed at the top of the petals. Heisteria coccinea, Ximenia
aculeata.
Glanduliferous, glandidifera. With glands. Statice monopetala,
Ranunculus, Berberis.
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