. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. T40 Flowers and their Pedigrees. flowers is to be found in the existing alisma tribe, including our own English arrowheads a' d flowering rushes. As a rule, indeed, it may be s that fresh- water plants and animals tend to preserve for us very ancient types indeed ; and all the alismas are marsh or pond flowers of an extremely simple character. They have usually three greenish sepals outside each blossom, inclosing one whorl of three white or pink petals, two or three whorls of three stamens each, and. Fig. 31.—Single
. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. T40 Flowers and their Pedigrees. flowers is to be found in the existing alisma tribe, including our own English arrowheads a' d flowering rushes. As a rule, indeed, it may be s that fresh- water plants and animals tend to preserve for us very ancient types indeed ; and all the alismas are marsh or pond flowers of an extremely simple character. They have usually three greenish sepals outside each blossom, inclosing one whorl of three white or pink petals, two or three whorls of three stamens each, and. Fig. 31.—Single flower of Alisma plantago. a number of separate ovaries, which are not united, as in the more developed true lilies, into a single capsule, but remain quite distinct, each with its own individual stigma or sensitive surface. Even within this rela- tively early and simple group, however, several grada- tions of development may yet be traced. I incline to believe that our English smaller alisma, a not un- common plant in wet ditches and marshes throughout. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Longmans, Green
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