. Botany for young people and common schools. Botany. 120 POPULAR FLORA. Flowers white, rather large: petals larger than the fugacious calyx. Stamens and narrow petals 8. The one-flowered scape and the 2-parted leaves rising separately from the ground. Fruit a many- seeded pod opening by a lid, (Jeffersbnia) TwinleaF. Stamens 12 to 18: petals rounded, 6 to 9. Flowering stems 2-leaved at the top: leaves shield-shaped and several-cleft, large, with a nodding flower in the fork, (Podophyllum) May-Apple. 6. WATER-LILY FAMILY. Order NYMPH JSACE^E. Water-plants with flowers and leaves on long footst
. Botany for young people and common schools. Botany. 120 POPULAR FLORA. Flowers white, rather large: petals larger than the fugacious calyx. Stamens and narrow petals 8. The one-flowered scape and the 2-parted leaves rising separately from the ground. Fruit a many- seeded pod opening by a lid, (Jeffersbnia) TwinleaF. Stamens 12 to 18: petals rounded, 6 to 9. Flowering stems 2-leaved at the top: leaves shield-shaped and several-cleft, large, with a nodding flower in the fork, (Podophyllum) May-Apple. 6. WATER-LILY FAMILY. Order NYMPH JSACE^E. Water-plants with flowers and leaves on long footstalks, rising out of the water or rest- ing on its surface; the leaves either shield-shaped or deeply heart-shaped. Petals and sta- mens generally very many.— To the proper Water-Lily fam- ily may here well enough be added the Water-shield and the Nelumbo, each of a sin- gle species. This gives us four genera, which are distin- guished as follows: —. 273 Fruit of 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co. ; Chicago, S. C. Griggs & co.
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