. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 652 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT characteristic for many of the Compositae. The individual fruit is a dry inferior achene or nut, attached by a long beak to the parachute-like Fig. 502. Head of Dandelion in vertical section, i — involucre. gr = general receptacle. See Text. These fruits are easily detached by wind, being exposed on the convex growth of the receptacle, owing to the curving back of the involucre (Fig. 247, p. 326). They are thus scattered long distances by the wind. The success of the Compositae as a Family depends largely upo
. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. 652 BOTANY OF THE LIVING PLANT characteristic for many of the Compositae. The individual fruit is a dry inferior achene or nut, attached by a long beak to the parachute-like Fig. 502. Head of Dandelion in vertical section, i — involucre. gr = general receptacle. See Text. These fruits are easily detached by wind, being exposed on the convex growth of the receptacle, owing to the curving back of the involucre (Fig. 247, p. 326). They are thus scattered long distances by the wind. The success of the Compositae as a Family depends largely upon the certainty of each floret producing a good fruit, and on the effective dispersal of the fruit by the 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; Wardlaw, C. W. (Claude Wilson), 1901-. London, Macmillan and Co. , ltd.
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