The American botanist and florist; including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union . 36, Pseonia Moutan, showing its very large disk (<3) sheathing the ovaries (p). 37, Pistil of the Lemon,with its base surrounded by the disk, d. 38. Section of flower of Alchemilla, showing its single simplepistil, large disk, and excavated torus. 86. Combined deviations are quite frequent, and sometimes obscure the typical charac-ter of the flower t
The American botanist and florist; including lessons in the structure, life, and growth of plants; together with a simple analytical flora, descriptive of the native and cultivated plants growing in the Atlantic division of the American union . 36, Pseonia Moutan, showing its very large disk (<3) sheathing the ovaries (p). 37, Pistil of the Lemon,with its base surrounded by the disk, d. 38. Section of flower of Alchemilla, showing its single simplepistil, large disk, and excavated torus. 86. Combined deviations are quite frequent, and sometimes obscure the typical charac-ter of the flower to such a degree as to require close observation in tracing it out. Thestudy of such cases is full of both amusement and improvement. For example, the ^ so STEUCTURAL BOTANY. Poppy has suppression in tlie calyx, multiplication in tlie stamens and carpels, and inthe latter cohesion also. The ^ Sage has cohesion and irregularity in the calyx, everykind of irregularity in the corolla, suppression and irregularity in the stamens, suppres-sion and cohesion in the pistils. The ^ Cypripedium is perfectly symmetrical, yet hasirregular cohesion in the calyx, great inequality in the petals, cohesion, adhesion, andmetamorphosis in the stamens, and
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