. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Floral diagrams of female flowers of Salix. A =S. caprea. B^ (After Eichler.) The fruit is a tough capsule, which splits longitudinally, exposing the seeds, each with a tuft of silky hairs attached to its base, by which it is transferred by the wind. ORDER: CURVEMBRYEAE. Family: Caryophyllaceae. Examples; Ragged Campion. Robin, Red (13) The Ragged Robin {Lychnis flos-cuculi, L.) is a herb of damp grassy ground, with perennial root-stock from which arise upright stems with simple leaves in alternate pairs. The inflorescence is a definite, regular dic
. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Floral diagrams of female flowers of Salix. A =S. caprea. B^ (After Eichler.) The fruit is a tough capsule, which splits longitudinally, exposing the seeds, each with a tuft of silky hairs attached to its base, by which it is transferred by the wind. ORDER: CURVEMBRYEAE. Family: Caryophyllaceae. Examples; Ragged Campion. Robin, Red (13) The Ragged Robin {Lychnis flos-cuculi, L.) is a herb of damp grassy ground, with perennial root-stock from which arise upright stems with simple leaves in alternate pairs. The inflorescence is a definite, regular dichasial / r. Fig. 412. The Ragged Robin {Lychnis flos-cuculi, L.). I. whole flower. II. same in section. III. petal with ligule. IV. petal with ligule and petaline (inner) stamen. V. gynoe- cium. VI. floral diagram. cyme : that is, the main axis ends in the first flower ; branches arising in the axils of the last leaves again terminate each in a* flower, and so on (compare Fig. 170, p. 224). The flower is of a radial type, with peculiar tattered pink petals, which gives the name (Fig. 412). Its constitution is as follows : Calyx, sepals 5, gamosepalous, inferior, dilated below, and serving as a mechanical support to the weaker parts within. Corolla, petals 5, polypetalous, inferior, deeply notched, and again divided, bearing paired Ugules at the sharp angle of the claw of 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 Bower, F. O. (Frederick Orpen), 1855-1948. London, Macmillan
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