. Lessons in botany. Botany. Fig. 176. Sepal, petal, stamen, and pistil of Trillium grandiflorum. member of the flower which bears them is a sporophyll ; and this is the case. It is in fact what is called the micro- sporophyll. Then we see also that the anther sacs, since they enclose 'lie spores, would be the sporangia (microsporangia). From this it is now quite clear that the stamens belong also to the leaf series. They are just six in number, twice the number found in a whorl of leaves, or sepals, or corolla. It is believed, therefore, that there are two whorls of stamens in the flower of t
. Lessons in botany. Botany. Fig. 176. Sepal, petal, stamen, and pistil of Trillium grandiflorum. member of the flower which bears them is a sporophyll ; and this is the case. It is in fact what is called the micro- sporophyll. Then we see also that the anther sacs, since they enclose 'lie spores, would be the sporangia (microsporangia). From this it is now quite clear that the stamens belong also to the leaf series. They are just six in number, twice the number found in a whorl of leaves, or sepals, or corolla. It is believed, therefore, that there are two whorls of stamens in the flower of trillium. 326. Gynoecium.—Next above the stamens and at the centre of the flower is a stout, angular, ovate body which terminates in three long, slender, curved points. This is the pistil, and at. 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 Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and company
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