. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 322 NATURIi-STUDY growing in rich moist woods. I'ull tlu- ])lanls u]) by the roots and obscr\'e that they spring from a rounded, Ijurl- hke rootstalk. This was formc<l last summer and illlcd \\'ith a store of food that tlie plant might make an early start in the sjiring. There are three large leaves in a circle around the stem just below the llower. These will have to make the starch with which next year's rootstalk is to be Fig. Wake Robin nr Dwarf Trillium. Look at the flower. On the under side and surrounding it a
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 322 NATURIi-STUDY growing in rich moist woods. I'ull tlu- ])lanls u]) by the roots and obscr\'e that they spring from a rounded, Ijurl- hke rootstalk. This was formc<l last summer and illlcd \\'ith a store of food that tlie plant might make an early start in the sjiring. There are three large leaves in a circle around the stem just below the llower. These will have to make the starch with which next year's rootstalk is to be Fig. Wake Robin nr Dwarf Trillium. Look at the flower. On the under side and surrounding it are three green, leaf-like parts. These are the sepals. Taken together they are called the calyx, which means cup. This cup-like appearance of the calyx is seen better in some other flowers, as, for example, in the morning-glory. Next within are three white parts, shaped hke the sepals. These are called the petals, and all together they form the corolla, meaning crown. The corolla is more crowmdike and golden in some other flowers, as, for example, the buttercup. In-. 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 Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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