. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. 70 OROANOGEAPHY. .'â '.7^0. 161. gi. Examples of aggregate fruits, or those in which many carpels belonging to one flower are crowded in a mass, are furnished by the Raspberry, Blackberry, Mag- nolia, etc. Examples of mul- tiple fruits, or those result- ing from the union of several flowers, are furnished by the Pine-Apple, Mulberry, Fig (Figs. 163, 164), Pine, etc. The cone (Fig. 165) is a special kind of mult
. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. 70 OROANOGEAPHY. .'â '.7^0. 161. gi. Examples of aggregate fruits, or those in which many carpels belonging to one flower are crowded in a mass, are furnished by the Raspberry, Blackberry, Mag- nolia, etc. Examples of mul- tiple fruits, or those result- ing from the union of several flowers, are furnished by the Pine-Apple, Mulberry, Fig (Figs. 163, 164), Pine, etc. The cone (Fig. 165) is a special kind of multiple fruit. The name is improperly given to the Hop, where the large bracts represent the scales. The cone of the Pine consists of crowded scales, on the upper surface of which the naked seeds are borne. The various forms assumed by fruits. Lave, in many cases, evident reference to the dispersion of seeds. 92. The wing of the fruit of the Elm, Maple, Ash, Hop-tree, Birch, Pine, etc., enables the seed to be scattered great distances by the wind. The wing-like, floriferous bract of the Basswood ren- ders the fruit more buoyant and trans- portable by the wind. The pappus (Fig. 87), or persistent calyx of the Thistle, Dandelion, and other Compo- sUce, often finely dissected and downy, causes the seeds to be transported for miles. The Beggar-ticks (Bidens, Fig. 166), Tickseed (^Coreopsis), and Burdock, have barbs or hooks, which, Figs. 163, 164. A Fig: 163. Natural size; 164. A portion sliglitly magnified. Fig. 165. Cone of Hemlock. Fig. 166. Achcmum, with barbed pappus, of Bidem frondosa. 16B. 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 Kellerman, William Ashbrook, 1850-1908. Philadelphia, J. E. Potter and Company
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