. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. 24 KEY AND FLORA The flower cluster and the flower of a sedge may be under- stood from an inspection of Fig. 6. The species are even more difficult to determine than those of Pig. 5. Inflorescence, flower, and seed, of a sedge (Great Bulrush, Scirpus lacustris) A, magnified flower, surrounded by a perianth of hypogynous bristles; B, the seed; O, section ol the seed, showing the small embryo inclosed in the base of the endosperm. (After Lindley) 6. ARACE.^;. Arum Family Perennial herbs, with pungent or acrid juice. Leaves often netted-veined. Sm
. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. 24 KEY AND FLORA The flower cluster and the flower of a sedge may be under- stood from an inspection of Fig. 6. The species are even more difficult to determine than those of Pig. 5. Inflorescence, flower, and seed, of a sedge (Great Bulrush, Scirpus lacustris) A, magnified flower, surrounded by a perianth of hypogynous bristles; B, the seed; O, section ol the seed, showing the small embryo inclosed in the base of the endosperm. (After Lindley) 6. ARACE.^;. Arum Family Perennial herbs, with pungent or acrid juice. Leaves often netted-veined. Small, unisexual or bisexual flowers, clustered. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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