perianth

• The perianth is the floral envelope around the flower 2. —  Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
• Hypertrophied perianth, Cocos nucifera 428 206. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• In Crocuses I have frequently met with cohesion of the segments of the perianth, by means of their surfaces, but the union was confined to the centre of the segment, leaving the rest of the surfaces free Cohesion of the stamens.=--Under natural circumstances, cohesion of the stamens is said to take place either by the union of their filaments, so as to form one, two, or more parcels (Monadelphia, Diadelphia, Polyadelphia); at other times, by the cohesion of the anthers (Syngenesia), in which latter case the union is generally very slight. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• Some forms of Crocus_, occasionally met with, present a very singular appearance, owing to the adhesion of the stamens to the outer segments of the perianth, the former, moreover, being partially petaloid in aspect. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• In similar flowers of Narcissus incomparabilis I remarked a ten-parted perianth, ten stamens within a single cup, two styles, and a five-celled ovary. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants

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