. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. A B G Fig. 16. Prince's feather (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) A, staminate flower; B, pistillate flower; C, fruit. (All magnified.) (After Schnizlein) shaped about the length of the 5 sepals. In waste ground, fields, and gardens. Naturalized from tropical America. A. retroflexus L. and A. hybridus L., usually known as pigweed, are common autumn-flowering weeds. 28. PHYTOLACCACEjE. Pokeweed Family Plants with alternate entire leaves. Mowers bisexual, 5- parted, with the characters of the Goosefoot Family, but the ovary generally consisting of several carpe
. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. A B G Fig. 16. Prince's feather (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) A, staminate flower; B, pistillate flower; C, fruit. (All magnified.) (After Schnizlein) shaped about the length of the 5 sepals. In waste ground, fields, and gardens. Naturalized from tropical America. A. retroflexus L. and A. hybridus L., usually known as pigweed, are common autumn-flowering weeds. 28. PHYTOLACCACEjE. Pokeweed Family Plants with alternate entire leaves. Mowers bisexual, 5- parted, with the characters of the Goosefoot Family, but the ovary generally consisting of several carpels, which unite to form a berry. PHYTOLACCA L. Perennial herbs. Stems tall, branching. Leaves large, entire. Flowers small, in terminal racemes, pedicels bracted. Calyx of 4-5 nearly equal, persistent sepals. Stamens 5-15, inserted at the base of the calyx. Styles 5-32, recurved at the apex. Fruit a depressed-globose, juicy berry.* 1. P. decandra L. Pokeweed. Stems erect, smooth, branched above, usually dark purple, 4-7 ft. tall; root large, fleshy, poisonous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth, acute, long-petioled. Racemes pe- duncled, many-flowered, opposite the leaves; flowers white, becoming purplish. Stamens 10, shorter than the sepals. Styles 10, carpels 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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