. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. Fig. 477. Charlock [Brassica Sinapis, Visiani). I. flower, with parts slightly displaced. II. ripe and dehiscent fruit. III. floral diagram. shown in Fig. 3, p. 10. Its inflorescence is a raceme, but with the bracts abortive (Fig. 179 C). The flower, which is of radial symmetry, consists of : Calyx, sepals 4, polysepalous, inferior ; in two pairs, the outermost being antero-posterior, the inner lateral. Corolla, petals 4, polypetalous, inferior, with a long basal claw. They are cruciform, and alternate with the sepals. Androecium, stamens 6, free,
. Botany of the living plant. Botany; Plants. Fig. 477. Charlock [Brassica Sinapis, Visiani). I. flower, with parts slightly displaced. II. ripe and dehiscent fruit. III. floral diagram. shown in Fig. 3, p. 10. Its inflorescence is a raceme, but with the bracts abortive (Fig. 179 C). The flower, which is of radial symmetry, consists of : Calyx, sepals 4, polysepalous, inferior ; in two pairs, the outermost being antero-posterior, the inner lateral. Corolla, petals 4, polypetalous, inferior, with a long basal claw. They are cruciform, and alternate with the sepals. Androecium, stamens 6, free, hypogynous: two are short and lateral, opposite the lateral sepals : four are longer in two pairs, opposite the antero-posterior sepals. Gynoecium, carpels 2, syncarpous, superior ; ovary bilocular, with many ovules ; an ill-defined style, and a stigma with antero-posterior lobes. 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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