A short introduction to the knowledge of the science of botany : explaining the terms of art made use of in the Linnaean system. Illustrated with five copper plates exhibiting the characters of the genera / By Philip Miller.

  • Miller, Philip, 1691-1771.
Date:
1760
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Credit: A short introduction to the knowledge of the science of botany : explaining the terms of art made use of in the Linnaean system. Illustrated with five copper plates exhibiting the characters of the genera / By Philip Miller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    form of a rope, being covered with fmall fcales which ferve for calyces, fee fig. 4. thefe occur frequently in Linnczus s twenty firfl: clafs. The coif (calyptra) is a thin membrana¬ ceous cover of a conick form, which covers the parts of falsification, and is often met with in many kinds of mofs on the top of the flowers. The purfe (volva) is a thick fort of cover¬ ing which indoles fever al of the mu (broom tribe, and opens lengthways to let them out. II. The petal or flower leaf (corolla) is that which immediately furrounds the parts of generation 3 there are two forts of thefe, the petal and the nedarium. When it is of one piece, it is called (monopet alous) and when it is of many pieces, polypet alous. The flower leaf, or petal, is generally di- fhnguifhed by the beauty of its colour, fee €3 fig* 5* When this is of one piece, it i? diftinguifhed by the tube (tubus) h, and tne limb or border (limbus) g, when the flower is of many petals, each are diftinguifti- by their tail (unguis) /, and the blade (lamina) i. ^The nedariumis that part of the corolla, u m (lined to contain the honey or hvcct JUICe of the flower, and is of different