. Botany for academies and colleges: consisting of plant development and structure from seaweed to clematis. Botany; 1889. Fig. 152.—Orchis Morio; a, fl. separate. Tio. 16S.—A, Dove Orchis (Peristeria elata). B, Swan Or- chiB {C^onoches ventricosmn). 237. Mimicries. In the Banana and Orchis Orders we find all the deviations; giving rise to forms so varied and singu- lar one might suppose Mother Nature has a relish not only for the beautiful, but also for the comic and grotesque. In the Ginger division of the Banana Order we find the Mantisia, so called from the resemblance its one dilated anth
. Botany for academies and colleges: consisting of plant development and structure from seaweed to clematis. Botany; 1889. Fig. 152.—Orchis Morio; a, fl. separate. Tio. 16S.—A, Dove Orchis (Peristeria elata). B, Swan Or- chiB {C^onoches ventricosmn). 237. Mimicries. In the Banana and Orchis Orders we find all the deviations; giving rise to forms so varied and singu- lar one might suppose Mother Nature has a relish not only for the beautiful, but also for the comic and grotesque. In the Ginger division of the Banana Order we find the Mantisia, so called from the resemblance its one dilated anther bears to the insect Mantis (familiarly called Devil's-horse, and Preacher); the specific name saltatoria (dancing) comes from the resemblance the petals bear to a ballet-dancer; hence the common Eng- lish name Dancing-Girls. The lovely Butterfly - Lily [Hedychium) belongs here also. 338. The Orchids are still further illus- trative of the deviations. Here the pistil is reduced to a stigmatic surface; the an- thers are mere pollen-masses (Fig. 152); the androecium and style are united into a Column, called Gynostem {gynoste- mium); the middle one of the three pet- ™'i'<'™)- als is transformed into a lAp, called Labellum. The parts thus altered 10. 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 Ketchum, Annie Chambers, 1824-1904. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company
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