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 . pistil) is anadjective in frequent use, denoting that the organs are insertedinto the torus iinder^ or at the base of the ovary or pistil. Or-gans so situated are, of course, in the normal condition and free^there being no adhesions. Observe and explain the sections ofJeffersonia and Violet (49, 50). THE FLOEAL ENVELOPES. 33 96. Perigynous (-ts^/, aroun
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 . pistil) is anadjective in frequent use, denoting that the organs are insertedinto the torus iinder^ or at the base of the ovary or pistil. Or-gans so situated are, of course, in the normal condition and free^there being no adhesions. Observe and explain the sections ofJeffersonia and Violet (49, 50). THE FLOEAL ENVELOPES. 33 96. Perigynous (-ts^/, around) is a term applicable to thestamens and petals only,and im]3lies that they are(apparently) inserted on thecalyx or corolla around thefree ovary. In Phlox, thestamens are perigynous onthe corolla-tube. In Cher-ry and Plum, the petalsand stamens are perigynouson the calyx-tube. (See51.) 97. Epigynous (s^r/, upon) denotes that the organs are in-serted (apparently) upon the ovary, as appears in Apple, Pear,Caraway, Sunflower. (See cuts 42, 51.) The common phrases calyx superior, ovary inferior, have the same significationas calyx epigynous, all implying the apparent insertion of theorgans upon or above the ovary. In this condition all the.
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