. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. cuAP. XI.] JUGLANDACEiE. 177 a calvx divided into five or six scale-like lobes, and generally from twelve to twenty stamens, with very long anthers and very short filaments; there is also averycm-ious bract to each, as shown in the magnified flower at a injir/. U% 77; in which the anthers are seen (^ at b. The female flowers are in pairs, as shown at C; and they con- Fig. 17—^yAL^vT (Juglans regia). sist of a calyx, d, enclosing the ovary, a
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. cuAP. XI.] JUGLANDACEiE. 177 a calvx divided into five or six scale-like lobes, and generally from twelve to twenty stamens, with very long anthers and very short filaments; there is also averycm-ious bract to each, as shown in the magnified flower at a injir/. U% 77; in which the anthers are seen (^ at b. The female flowers are in pairs, as shown at C; and they con- Fig. 17—^yAL^vT (Juglans regia). sist of a calyx, d, enclosing the ovary, and toothed in the upper part, and four small petals encircling two large thick leafy-looking stigmas, e. The fruit is a fleshy husk in one piece, formed of the dilated calyx; it generally retains the stigmas till it has nearly attained its full size, and when it becomes ripe it does not separate into valves, but bursts irregularly. The nut, on the contrary, is in two distinct valves, which may be easily separated from each other; and it is imperfectly divided into cells by four half dissepiments. The germ of the future plant is what children call the heart, and it is in the upper part of the kernel, with the root end uppermost, so that when a walnut is sown the sharp end should be placed downwards. The kernel is four-lobed, and deeply wrinkled; and. 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 Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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