<html> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <title>Flower shape</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="template.css" type="text/css"><script language="JavaScript">image1 =new Image() image1.src="../../images/flrshape_star.jpg" image2 =new Image() image2.src="../../images/flrshape_bell.jpg" image3 =new Image() image3.src="../../images/flrshape_tubular.jpg" image4 =new Image() image4.src="../../images/flrshape_hooded.jpg" image5 =new Image() image5.src="../../images/flrshape_duck.jpg" image6 =new Image() image6.src="../../images/flrshape_spider.jpg" image7 =new Image() image7.src="../../images/flrshape_cupped.jpg" image8 =new Image() image8.src="../../images/flrshape_other.jpg" var Species = "" var ImgWin=" " var Scr_size = " " </script><script language="JavaScript" src="img_centre.js"></script> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- Original: Eric King (eric_andrew_king@hotmail.com) --> <!-- Web Site: http://redrival.com/eak/ --> <!-- This script and many more are available free online at --> <!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --> <!-- Begin function NewWindow(mypage, myname, w, h, scroll) { var winl = (screen.width - w) / 2; var wint = (screen.height - h) / 2; winprops = 'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable' win = window.open(mypage, myname, winprops) if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4) { win.window.focus(); } } // End --> </script> </head> <body><a name="top"></a><div id="banner"> <div class="bannercharacter">Flower shape</div> </div> <div id="navbar"><a href="../characters-c.html" class="navbar">Character Notes Index </a> | <a href="../genera/glossary.htm" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false" class="navbar"> Glossary</a></div> <div id="content"><P>The overall shape of the flower when fully opened.</P></div> <div id="thumbnails"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_star.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image1'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_star_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B> Star-shaped: </B>the <A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#perianth" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">perianth segments</A> spread widely in several directions and the flowers are more or less star like (<A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#stellate" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">stellate</A>).</P></td> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_bell.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image2'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_bell_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B> Bell-shaped:</B>&nbsp;a short tubular flower shaped like a bell (<A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#campanulate" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">campanulate</A>).</P></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_tubular.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image3'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_tubular_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B>Tubular:</B>&nbsp;a flower that is more or less <A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#cylindrical" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">cylindrical</A>. This&nbsp;condition can arise from the sepals and petals overlapping or being fused along their margins.</P></td> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_hooded.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image4'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_hooded_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B>Hooded: </B>the upper <A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#perianth">perianth</A> parts, usually the <A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#dorsal sepal" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">dorsal sepal</A> and petals, are&nbsp;expanded and overlap or are fused along their margins to form a single structure (<A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#galea" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">galea</A>). This structure usually curves forwards to fully or partly enclose the <A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#column" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">column</A> or other parts of the flower.</P></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_duck.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image5'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_duck_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B> Duck-shaped: </B>when viewed from side on, the flower resembles a flying duck.</P></td> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_spider.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image6'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_spider_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B> Spider-shaped: </B> the flower has long, slender, spider-like sepals and petals.</P></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_cupped.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image7'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_cupped_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B><A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#cupped" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">Cupped</A>: </B>the sepals and petals remain <A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#incurved" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">incurved</A> and do not spread widely. The flowers have a <A Class=glossaryitem href="glossary.htm#cupped" onClick="NewWindow(this.href,'glossary','550','500','yes');win.document.bgColor='#E9EDD1';return false">cupped</A> appearance.</P></td> <td><a href="../../images/flrshape_other.jpg" onclick="imgwin('image8'); return false;"><Img border="0" Name="" src="../../images/thumbs/flrshape_other_sml.jpg"></a></td> <td class="caption" width="40%"><P Class="ImageCaption"><B>Other: </B>flowers that do not obviously fit into any of the other categories.</P></td> </tr> </table> <p></p> <div class="top"><a href="#top">^ top of page</a></div> <p></p> </div> </body> </html>