. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . which the bundles are composed. The leaves are in pairs, opposite. We now come to the third and very importantcharacteristic of the order, that is, the must be studied in Nepcta glechoma with greatcare, because, though the flowers are small, they arenot so crowded as in many others ; such, for example,as Lamium album, and therefore the peculiar inflor-escence can be the better made out and understood. On a careful examination of the petiole at its So much for ex
. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . which the bundles are composed. The leaves are in pairs, opposite. We now come to the third and very importantcharacteristic of the order, that is, the must be studied in Nepcta glechoma with greatcare, because, though the flowers are small, they arenot so crowded as in many others ; such, for example,as Lamium album, and therefore the peculiar inflor-escence can be the better made out and understood. On a careful examination of the petiole at its So much for explanation ; but if you want a short,clear definition of a verticillaster, here is one : — Verticillaster, a false whorl, formed of two nearlysessile cymes placed in the axis of opposite leaves.* If you turn to Asa Gray on Structural Botany, youwill see that he, too, makes this matter very clear. This is fortunate, seeing that many find it difficultto make out what a verticillaster really is. The bracteoles which are subulate equal in lengththe short pedicels. We now come to the consideration of the A\
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