. Botany for high schools. Botany. FLOWERS, THEIR STRUCTURE AND KINDS 149 242. The flowers are in dense terminal racemes, with pedicels 3 to 5 mm., each flower arising in the axil of a slender acuminate green bract. The white or greenish-white flowers, with the orange yellow palate " of the corolla, are very striking and gave rise to the name butter and ; 343. The calyx consists of five sepals, which are green, nor- mally acuminate and coalesced at the base by their edges. When the sepals are coalesced the calyx is said to be gamosepalous. Here it is deeply divided into five lob
. Botany for high schools. Botany. FLOWERS, THEIR STRUCTURE AND KINDS 149 242. The flowers are in dense terminal racemes, with pedicels 3 to 5 mm., each flower arising in the axil of a slender acuminate green bract. The white or greenish-white flowers, with the orange yellow palate " of the corolla, are very striking and gave rise to the name butter and ; 343. The calyx consists of five sepals, which are green, nor- mally acuminate and coalesced at the base by their edges. When the sepals are coalesced the calyx is said to be gamosepalous. Here it is deeply divided into five lobes showing clearly the five sepals. 244. The corolla is irregular, that is, the petals or their lobes are of unequal size. The petals are coalesced, and the corolla is. Fig. no. Flower detail of "butter and eggs" (Linaria vulgaris). therefore gamopetaloiis. The corolla is also two-lipped (bilabiate), as can be plainly seen from a side view. The two upper petals form the upper lip, and a short notch or incision indicates the two petals. The lower lip consists of three petals which are indicated by the lobes, t^vo broad outer ones and a smaller middle 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 Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and Company
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