. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Ferns; Botanique; Fougères. iiaiiH'. rin' Miikwj'cd ami their llo\v«'is ill iiiiihcls. 179. The outer hlossonis of a corynih or an iiiiiIh'I plainly answer to tho lower lilos- sonis of a raeeine. So the nnihel ami lht> corynil) hlossom from the (•irennilt'rence towards the centre, the ' flower Imds litini; the oldest. Us that \V(( may know such chisteis from cynics. iSo. A Head is a tlowcr cliister with a
. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Ferns; Botanique; Fougères. iiaiiH'. rin' Miikwj'cd ami their llo\v«'is ill iiiiihcls. 179. The outer hlossonis of a corynih or an iiiiiIh'I plainly answer to tho lower lilos- sonis of a raeeine. So the nnihel ami lht> corynil) hlossom from the (•irennilt'rence towards the centre, the ' flower Imds litini; the oldest. Us that \V(( may know such chisteis from cynics. iSo. A Head is a tlowcr cliister with a very short hody, or a.\is, and without any ju'dicels to the i), or hardly any, so that it a rounded form. The nutton-hush ( b'iy. 145), the Thistle, and tho lied Clover are ^'ood examples. i8r. It is ]dain that an iimhel would lie chani,'el int ) a head hy shorteniii;^' its pedicels down to nothing'; or, contrarily, that, a head would become an umbel by uiNinijr stalks to ils liowcrs. 182. A Spike is a len<,'thoned tlower-dnster, witli no pedicel-; to the flowers, or hardly any. Fiif. 141 <,'ives the plan of a spike; and tlu' common .Mullein and llie Plantain are fjood examples. A head would become a spike by lenirthenin^' its axis. A raceme would become a spike by shortcnin/;,' its pedicels so much that thov could hardly bo seen. The Ciif/rin and the Spadix are only soils of spike. 183. A Catkin or Ament is a spike with scaly bracts. The flowers of tlie \\'il- low, Poplai", Alder, and Birch (Fig. 146) are in ca^ 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Lawson, George, 1827-1895. Halifax, N. S. : A. & W. MacKinlay
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