. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Fig. 131.—Peach. Vertical section of Bovver. (From Henslow's "South African Flowering Plants".) and again beyond the stamens, so that they are separated from the pistil. The thalamus may be swollen into a disk, as in Adenandra, Tecomaria, and Plumbago. Where there are many ovaries, as in the strawberry, it is much Fig. 132.—Mesevibrianthemum. Vertical section of flower. (From Hens- low's " .South African Flowering Plants ".) In some flowers the receptacle grows up in a tube around the ovary and bears the pe
. Plants and their ways in South Africa. Botany; Botany. Fig. 131.—Peach. Vertical section of Bovver. (From Henslow's "South African Flowering Plants".) and again beyond the stamens, so that they are separated from the pistil. The thalamus may be swollen into a disk, as in Adenandra, Tecomaria, and Plumbago. Where there are many ovaries, as in the strawberry, it is much Fig. 132.—Mesevibrianthemum. Vertical section of flower. (From Hens- low's " .South African Flowering Plants ".) In some flowers the receptacle grows up in a tube around the ovary and bears the perianth and stamens on the rim of the tube. If the tul)c is free from the ovary, the stamens and petals are perigynous.' If the tube is joined to the ovary as it is in the Hottentot Fig ' Perigynous means around the ovary. Gyncecium is the term appHed to all the ovaries of the flower. The corresponding term tor the stamens is 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 Stoneman, Bertha. London, New York, Longmans, Green
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