. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. 42 BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. |Ch. VII. b'ig. 0-2. 153. Frond. Fig. 22. This <jjSis where the leaf appears to be a ^^ part of the stem, as in the com- mon fern, which bears its flowers and fruit upon the back and edges of the leaf. The palm leaves are called fronds. Plants with fronds and stipes are sometimes called by the general name of stiped- plants. 154. By observations of geolo gists, it is ascertained that stip- ed plants were created before cauline ones 5 since petrifactions of the former are found in t
. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. 42 BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. |Ch. VII. b'ig. 0-2. 153. Frond. Fig. 22. This <jjSis where the leaf appears to be a ^^ part of the stem, as in the com- mon fern, which bears its flowers and fruit upon the back and edges of the leaf. The palm leaves are called fronds. Plants with fronds and stipes are sometimes called by the general name of stiped- plants. 154. By observations of geolo gists, it is ascertained that stip- ed plants were created before cauline ones 5 since petrifactions of the former are found in the lower formations of the earth, while no remains of cauline plants are ever found in them. In this sketch of the fern, a represents the lower part of the frond, sometimes also called the stipe. Fig. 23. 155. Stipe, is the stem or leafless part of a frond, or the stalk of a fungus or mushroom. The term is also applied to the slender thread, which a in many of the compound flowers, elevates the hairy crown, with which the seeds are furnished, and connects it with the seed. Thus, in the seed b of the Dandelion, which is here represented, the column (Fig. 23, a) standing on the seed (b) and elevating the doAvn (c) is 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 Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs. , 1793-1884. New York, Huntington & Savage
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