. Botany for academies and colleges: consisting of plant development and structure from seaweed to clematis. Botany; 1889. Fig. 79—Plants, with Ivs. nnd fls , of Indian Lotus (A'ctara- hivtm speciostim): A, ripe fruit, consisting of the top-shaped torus with many separate 1-seeded fruits (nuts) embedded in its top. B, separate nut. C, same opened, showing the 2 large cup-shaped and the green leafy plumule between them. All reduced. large green leaves, with a leaf-bud between them, thus being almost viviparous (126). The fruity torus (A), which is supplied with nourishing juices, de
. Botany for academies and colleges: consisting of plant development and structure from seaweed to clematis. Botany; 1889. Fig. 79—Plants, with Ivs. nnd fls , of Indian Lotus (A'ctara- hivtm speciostim): A, ripe fruit, consisting of the top-shaped torus with many separate 1-seeded fruits (nuts) embedded in its top. B, separate nut. C, same opened, showing the 2 large cup-shaped and the green leafy plumule between them. All reduced. large green leaves, with a leaf-bud between them, thus being almost viviparous (126). The fruity torus (A), which is supplied with nourishing juices, detaches itself from its peduncle at ma- t u r i t y and floats away to found a new colony. Meanwhile the nuts sprout, still feeding on this nour- ishing mother ; so that by the time she reaches a barrier of the mud in which the plant delights, her young ones are ready to separate from her and begin an independent ex- istence. The na- ture-loving Hindoo no doubt had dis- cerned this high character, preserved perhaps through millions of years; for fresh-water plants keep their habits and features almost unchanged. And this is probably the reason why the Lo- tus Lily became the Eastern emblem of Creation and Ma- ternity. The Yonquapene {Nelumbium luteum) of our Southern States, introduced also into some North- ern localities, is twin-sister to the Eastern Lotus. The great Vic- toria Lily of South America also belongs in this Order. 118. The Barberry (Fig. 5, 3) is in this Subdivis- ion. Here is the Custard Apple (Fig. 80); the Nut- meg (Fig. 196); the Mag- nolia (Fig. 133); the Caly- canthus (Fig. 176). The floral number is in these Orders Three, or some multiple of three; whilst the parts incline still more to be distinct and Fio. 80.—Br., with Ivs. and fr, of Sour Sop {Anona mvjricaia); fruit, veit. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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