. A general system of botany, descriptive and analytical. In two parts. Part I. Outlines of organography, anatomy, and physiology. Part II. Descriptions and illustrations of the orders. By Emm. Le Maout [and] J. Decaisne. With 5500 figures by L. Steinheil and A. Riocreux. Translated from the original by Mrs. Hooker. The orders arranged after the method followed in the universities and schools of Great Britain, its colonies, America, and India; with additions, an appendix on the natural method, and a synopsis of the orders, by Hooker. Botany. 146. Oak. Staminiferous catkin. 14!). Arnm. Spa
. A general system of botany, descriptive and analytical. In two parts. Part I. Outlines of organography, anatomy, and physiology. Part II. Descriptions and illustrations of the orders. By Emm. Le Maout [and] J. Decaisne. With 5500 figures by L. Steinheil and A. Riocreux. Translated from the original by Mrs. Hooker. The orders arranged after the method followed in the universities and schools of Great Britain, its colonies, America, and India; with additions, an appendix on the natural method, and a synopsis of the orders, by Hooker. Botany. 146. Oak. Staminiferous catkin. 14!). Arnm. Spadlx by the removal of part of the spathe. distichous spike [spikelet. Wheat, fig. 142). In many grasses, the spikelets are borne on long branching pedicels, forming a panicle [Oat, fig. 143). The catkin [amentum) is a spike, the flowers of which are incomplete [ they want either stamens or pistil), and which is deciduous when mature [Mulberry ; Willoiv, figs, 144, 145; Oak, fig. 146). The cone [strohilus) is a catkin with large thick scales, principally found on certain evergreen trees, hence named Conifers [Pine, fig. 147). The spike of the Hop (fig. 148) is a cone with large membranous bracts. The spadix [spadix) is a spike of incomplete flowers, which, when young, is enveloped in a large bract or spathe [spatha). The axis of the spadix sometimes flowers throughout its length, sometimes the upper portion is flowerless [Arum, fig. 149). The branched spadix of Palms is called a ' regime' (in French). 5. In the head [capi- tulum) the flowers are collected into a head or depressed spike, of which the primary axis is vertically contracted, thus gaining m thickness what it has lost in length [Scabious, fig. 160 ; Trefoil, fig. 161),-and the. 147. Pine. Cone. 148. Hop. 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 resem
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