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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 163
Crown, Cup, Corona, Scyphus, Paracorolla. A kind of
corolla placed within the real corolla, or corollalike perigonium.
Narcissus.
Parapetala. Apparent petals seated within the true petals.
Helleborus.—They appear to be abortive stamens.
Parastades. Barren filaments, composed of cells in
divers rows, situated between the petals and the stamens.
Passiflora, Sparmannia.
Nectaristigmata. Coloured spots at the base of the
petals. Papaver.
Scales, Sc/uamce. Small appendages to flowers.
Periphyllia, Appendices. Scales surrounding the ovary.
Gramineae.
LamellcB. Scales, or petal-like appendages upon the
corolla. Silene, Nerium, Oleander.
Parastyli, Prospliyses. Abortive or imperfect pistills,
mixed with the perfect ones.
Paracarpium. An abortive or imperfect ovary ; or that
part of a male floWer where the ovary would be placed, if
it were hermaphrodite.
Parastamina. Abortive stamina, or parts which resemble
stamina, but do not perform their office.
Perisponim. Filaments surrounding the ovary. Cype-
raceaea.
Lepisma. A membranaceous or slightly fleshy scale at
the base of the ovary. Pseonia, Aquilegia vulgaris : these
appear to be in some cases abortive stamens, in others expansions
of the receptacle, which latter sometimes entirely
surround the ovary. Paeonia Moutan papaveracea.
Sarcoma. A fleshy part, of various shape, either surrounding
the ovary, or placed near it. Cobaea.
Urceohis, Perigynium. A small cartilaginous, or membranaceous
bladder, surrounding the ovary, and open at
top, to let the style pass through. Carex. Some call this
a nectary, although it does not secrete a nectareous juice;
others a corolla, although it is seated within the stamens
others a capsule, although it is no part of the pistill or
fruit ; others a lodicule.
Hood, Siylotegium. A hollowing out of the united filaments
of the stamens, covering the ovary like a hood.
Asclepiadeee.
Saccus, Corona, Stylotegium. Filaments of the stamens
united together. Stapelia.
Horns, Cornua. The hornlike appendages by which
the stylotegium is terminated. Stapelia.
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