. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 288 BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS about the species is that while it is annual in the plains, in Alpine districts it becomes ^ Chlora .(Yellow-wort) The calyx and corolla are eight-lobed. The flowers produce no honey. C. perfoliata. — The flowers close at night. The leaves are glabrous and connate, forming a smooth collar round the stem, which creeping insects cannot get over. Menyanthes (Buckbean) Honey secreted by the base of the ovary. Flowers generally dimorphous. M. trifoliata.—The upper surface of the co


. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 288 BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS about the species is that while it is annual in the plains, in Alpine districts it becomes ^ Chlora .(Yellow-wort) The calyx and corolla are eight-lobed. The flowers produce no honey. C. perfoliata. — The flowers close at night. The leaves are glabrous and connate, forming a smooth collar round the stem, which creeping insects cannot get over. Menyanthes (Buckbean) Honey secreted by the base of the ovary. Flowers generally dimorphous. M. trifoliata.—The upper surface of the corolla is clothed with beautiful white filaments. According to Knuth these render the flower more conspicuous, and also serve as a protection against rain and unwelcome. Fig. 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 Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London, New York, Macmillan and Co. , Ltd.


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