. A popular California flora, or, Manual of botany for beginners. Containing descriptions of flowering plants growing in central California, and westward to the ocean. With illustrated introductory lessons, especially adapted to the Pacific coast. reshorter than the remaining four. These are the Slamens. Their stemsare Filaments ; the yellow heads are Anthers, and the yellow powder whichthey contain is Pollen. In the center of the flower is a club-shaped bodycalled the Pistil. This is the young seed-pod, and by splitting it openyou may see the minute Ovules, which are the beginnings of seed. T
. A popular California flora, or, Manual of botany for beginners. Containing descriptions of flowering plants growing in central California, and westward to the ocean. With illustrated introductory lessons, especially adapted to the Pacific coast. reshorter than the remaining four. These are the Slamens. Their stemsare Filaments ; the yellow heads are Anthers, and the yellow powder whichthey contain is Pollen. In the center of the flower is a club-shaped bodycalled the Pistil. This is the young seed-pod, and by splitting it openyou may see the minute Ovules, which are the beginnings of seed. Thepart containing the ovules is the Ovary ; the naked upper end of the 2:)is-til is the Stigma, and the j)art connecting the stigma with the ovary is theStyle. The end of the stemupon which the parts of theflower grow is the Receptacle,:ind the stem is called a Pe-duncle. Fig. 47 will assistyou in learning these names. A Complete Flowermust have calyx, corolla,stamens and pistils; but, sincethe office of a flower is to pro-duce seeds, and these growfrom ovules, which pollen hasreached by way of the stigma, if fnllrvwc! +1t f ^^• ^raffnificd INInstard flower with four of the stamens, It IOilO\/S inai three petals and throe sepals INTRODUCTORY LESSONS. XXI . A Perfect Floimr may consist of pistils and stamens only, and oftliese the stjdes and filaments are not essential. When sepals cohere or grow fast to Cohesion of Floral other (Figs. 48-51) the calyx is Gamo-sepalous. So, also,the corolla may beGamopetalous. Whenstamens cohere theyare Monadeiplious ifin one set, Diadel-plioiis if in two sets(usually 9 and 1) pistils (car-pels) form a Com-pound Fisiil. The de-grees of cohesion incalyx and corolla isdescribed, as in leaves,b}^ the terms entire, Ctejt or tubed and 43. Bud of Eschseholtzia, with the mitriform calyx removed ardvaried Thus* Bind- ^^o^*^ ^^o^®- 49. open flower of th^ same, with two of the petalsI removed, one of these below with
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