. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. THE FLOWEE 227. has received a variety of names, but probably the most common is poly- pelaloun, meaning "petals many," although eleutheropetcdoxis, meaning "petals free," is much more to the point. In the highest Angiosperms, how- ever, the petals are coalesced, form- ing a more or less tubular organ (Figs. 208-210). Such flowers are said to be sympetalous, meaning "petals ; The words gamo- petalous and monopetalous are also much used, but all three words refer to the same condition of the flower. Often the sympetal
. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. THE FLOWEE 227. has received a variety of names, but probably the most common is poly- pelaloun, meaning "petals many," although eleutheropetcdoxis, meaning "petals free," is much more to the point. In the highest Angiosperms, how- ever, the petals are coalesced, form- ing a more or less tubular organ (Figs. 208-210). Such flowers are said to be sympetalous, meaning "petals ; The words gamo- petalous and monopetalous are also much used, but all three words refer to the same condition of the flower. Often the sympetalous corolla is differenti- FlG. 207. Flower of 8tra\v- beny, ehowing sepals, pet- als, numerous stamens, and head of carpels ; the flower is actinomorphic, hypogynous, and with no coalescence of parts.—Af- ter 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 Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton and company
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