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Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.

Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.

ltifold. Multiplicate flower (Bot.), a flower that is double, or has an unusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of the parts of the floral whorls.

An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation.

That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.

Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers. Gray.

erlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.

Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.

ennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance.…

er parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers. -- Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zoöl.), any fish of the genus Scarus. One species (S. Cretensis), found in the Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.…

; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.

A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the…

Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach.

Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.

A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges.

Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of Ant: thrum-eyed.

. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five- petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.

Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineæ) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.