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Excerpt from English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants, Vol. 3: Leguminiferæ to Rosaceæ Calyx free or more or less adhering to the ovary. Sepals gene rally more or less united. Petals in 1 or 2 whorls, unlike the sepals, or in 2 or more whorls, passing gradually into sepals, inserted on the calyx (perigynous) or on the torus (hypogynous), separate, rarely united, sometimes absent. Stamens definite or indefinite, inserted on the calyx (perigynous), or, when the ovary is inferior, appearing to Spring from the supe1 ior margin of the latter (epigynous). Ovary superior, half inferior, or wholly inferior. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.