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Cup^ Corona. A cuplike appendage, placed on the throat
of the flower.— Silene, Narcissus.
Orbiculus.
A circular swelling of the base of the corolla, surrounding
the sexual organs.— Stapelia.
Limb.
Tuimhus. The upper expanded part of a gamopetalou?
corolla.
Folded, Limhus plicatiis. In regular folds like a fan.
Convolvulus, Pneumonanthe vulgaris.
Twisted, tortus^ contortiis. The divisions of the limb
are cut obliquely, and cover one another, before the opening
of the flower, by twining round the axis of the flower.
Nerium Oleander, Vinca, and other Apocyneee.
Upright, erectus. Parallel to the axis of the flower.
Hydrophyllum, Cynoglossum officinale, Cerinthc.
Spreading, patens. Forming a right angle with the
tube. Verbena multifida, Anchusa Italica, Nerium Oleander,
Chironia, Centaurium.
Turned back, rejiexiis. Turned over outwardly. Cyclamen,
Dulcamara flexuosa, Asclepias, Oxycoccus palustris.
Revolute, revolutus. Rolled over outwardly. Cestrum
cauliflorum, C. fastigiatum, C. odontospermum.
Upper Lip. i
Lahlum superlus. The upper division of a two-lipped
gamopetalous corolla.
Spread forward. Labium superius porrectiim. Carried
out in the fore-part, in the same direction as the tube.
Monarda, Phlomis Leonurus, Galeopsis nodosa.
Ascending', ascendens. Following at first the direction
of the tube, and then rising up. Nepeta longlflora, Stachys
annua, Betonica officinalis. PI. 9, fig. 13.
Turned back, reflectum. Turned over on the tube.
Plectranthus punctatus. PI. 9, fig. 15.
Turned in, injieclum. Turned inwards on the lower lip.
Brunella.
S\ck\e\\ke,falcatum. Bent like a reaping-hook. Salvia
bicolor. S. pratensis.