. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. Cleavers, 109 observe, first, that the stem is quadrangular, not round ; secondly, that the leaves arc lancc-shapcd, not oval ; and thirdly, that both stem and leaves are ed,i^cd with little sharp curved prickles, pointing backward the opposite way to the general growth of the plant. Let us try to find out what is the origin and meaning of these three marked peculiarities. To do so rightly we must begin by considering the near relations of the goose-grass. In a systematic botanical classification our plant is ranked a
. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. Cleavers, 109 observe, first, that the stem is quadrangular, not round ; secondly, that the leaves arc lancc-shapcd, not oval ; and thirdly, that both stem and leaves are ed,i^cd with little sharp curved prickles, pointing backward the opposite way to the general growth of the plant. Let us try to find out what is the origin and meaning of these three marked peculiarities. To do so rightly we must begin by considering the near relations of the goose-grass. In a systematic botanical classification our plant is ranked as one of the stellate tribe, a subdi- vision of the great family of the Rubiacea:, or madder kind. Now, the stellates arc .so called because of their little star-shaped flowers, and they are all characterised by two of these goose-grass peculiarities — namely, the square stems and the whorled leaves—while the third point, the possession of recurved prickles on the angles of the stalk and the edges of the leaves, is a special personal habit of the goose-grass species itself, with one or two more of its near relations. It will be best for us, therefore, to ask first what is the origin and meaning of the charac-. FlG. 24.—Stem of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Longmans, Green
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