achlamydeous

[Gr. a, priv.; χλαμύς (chlamus), gen it. χλαμύδος (chlamudos) = a cloak, a mantle.) ( Lit. ) Without a cloak. IMG:content-0112.png:[ocr errors] Bot.: Applied to plants in which the e ential parts of the flower, the stamens and pistils, are unprotected either by calyx or corolla. The Willows, some species of Euphorbia, the Peppers, ., afford examples of this structure. "No very striking affinity can be pointed out as yet between it and the other parts of the Achlamydeous group."- Lindley : Nat. Syst. Bot . , 2nd ed., p. 192.