. A popular California flora, or, Manual of botany for beginners. Containing descriptions of flowering plants growing in central California, and westward to the ocean. With illustrated introductory lessons, especially adapted to the Pacific coast. epression which is seen upon the outside as a project-ing boss. This is called a gland, and is one of the characteristic marks of the the three-cornered ovary is superior, we at once refer tlie plant to the orderLiliaceae. where we again read the characters given in each of Ihe three series. Thestamens in this plant are hypogynous, not pe
. A popular California flora, or, Manual of botany for beginners. Containing descriptions of flowering plants growing in central California, and westward to the ocean. With illustrated introductory lessons, especially adapted to the Pacific coast. epression which is seen upon the outside as a project-ing boss. This is called a gland, and is one of the characteristic marks of the the three-cornered ovary is superior, we at once refer tlie plant to the orderLiliaceae. where we again read the characters given in each of Ihe three series. Thestamens in this plant are hypogynous, not perigynous, and the anthers are , Series I is passed. Series III is excluded, because the anthers in this plantare not versatile. Evidently the name is to be sought under Series II, which is dividedinto three sections. You now see why you should have dug up one of the plants. How-ever, you can decide the genus without knowing that the plant is bulbous. It can notbelong to § 3, since one of the two genera under it has umbellate flowers, and the othersolitary flowers. In § 2, the perianth segments are similar. Our plant then must be soughtin § 1, and under the head * * Perianth segments unlike, v/hich leads to Calochortus,. Amsiackia lycopsoides. apart to eliow the ripe akenes.
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