. The natural history of plants. Botany. 230 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. III. OAK SEKIES. The flowers of the Gales'^ (fig. 181-188) are monoecious and arranged in spikes. Those bearing male flowers (fig. 181, 183) have a slender axis, often pendent, and alternate bracts, in the axil of Quercus Kg. 188. Seed. Fig. 181. Horiferous bmnch. Kg. 186. Long. sect, of female flower. which are the flowers, solitary or collected in glomerules. They are often pentamerous; but the calyx may have a smaller number of divisions, generally united below, or a greater number,^ and they are imbricate or va
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 230 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. III. OAK SEKIES. The flowers of the Gales'^ (fig. 181-188) are monoecious and arranged in spikes. Those bearing male flowers (fig. 181, 183) have a slender axis, often pendent, and alternate bracts, in the axil of Quercus Kg. 188. Seed. Fig. 181. Horiferous bmnch. Kg. 186. Long. sect, of female flower. which are the flowers, solitary or collected in glomerules. They are often pentamerous; but the calyx may have a smaller number of divisions, generally united below, or a greater number,^ and they are imbricate or valvate in prefloration. The andrcecium is often formed of stamens equal in number and superposed to the sepals; but an equal number, or less, of alternate stamens. Finally, the number of pieces of the andrcecium may descend to three or four or » Quercus T. Inst. 582, t. 349.—L. Gen. (ed. 1), 726.—J. Gen. 410, 452.—Gjektn. Fruct. i. t. 37.—liAMK. Diet. i. 715 ; Suppl. ii. 209 ; HI. t. 779.—ScHKUHR, 301,302.—'S-ebs, Gen. ii. 23<—Spagh, Suit, a Buffon, xi. 145.—Endl. Gen. n. 1845 ; Suppl. ir. p. ii. 24.—Sghacht, Beitr. i. 36, t. 3 ; Ber Baum, t. 3.—Payer, Fam. Nat. 164.—A. DC. Seem. Journ. Bot. (1863), 182 Ann. So. Nat. ser. 4, xViii. 49 ; Frodr. xvi. sect, ii. 2.—Ilex T. Imt. S83, t. S50.—Suber T. Inst. 684.—Syneedris Lindl. Introd. (ed. 2), 441.— Lithocarpm Bi. Bijdr. 526 ; Fl. Jam. faso. 13, 34, t. 20.—Endl. Gen. n. 1846. = To a 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 Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.
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