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Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.

tamorphosis (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs are transformed leaves.

Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

nusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of the parts of the floral whorls.

A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.

The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.

The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.

Having true flowers with with distinct floral organs; flowering.

A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves.

The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.

re to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.

Having an equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of flowers.

Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity. Axis of symmetry. (Geom.) See under Axis. -- Respective symmetry, that disposition of parts in which only the opposite sides are equal to each other.