. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. il8 Flowers and their Pcdis'rces. *9. by the usual little yellow knobs representing^ the stamen -1 and pistil. I^ach goose-grass plant produces man\' hundreds of such flowers, springing in small loose bunches from the axils of the leaves. What we have to consider now is the origin and meaning of the parts Fig. 26.—Single flowrr wliich make them up. of L'lcavcri). We have already seen in deal- ing with the daisy that the really important organs of the blossom are the little central yellow knobs, which do all the active
. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. il8 Flowers and their Pcdis'rces. *9. by the usual little yellow knobs representing^ the stamen -1 and pistil. I^ach goose-grass plant produces man\' hundreds of such flowers, springing in small loose bunches from the axils of the leaves. What we have to consider now is the origin and meaning of the parts Fig. 26.—Single flowrr wliich make them up. of L'lcavcri). We have already seen in deal- ing with the daisy that the really important organs of the blossom are the little central yellow knobs, which do all the active work of fertilising the ovary and producing the seeds. The stamens, as we then observed, manufacture the pollen, and when the pistil is impregnated with a grain of this golden dust the fruit begins to swell and ripen. But the corolla or coloured frill around the central organs, which alone is what we call a flower in ordinary parlance, shows that the goose-grass is one of those plants which owe their fertilisation to the friendlv aid of insects. Blossoms of this sort usually seek to attract the obsequious bee or the thirsty butterfly by a drop of honey in their nectaries, supplemented by the advertising allurements of a sweet perfume and a set of coloured petals. So much knowledge about the functions of flowers in general. 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. New York : D. Appleton
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