. Introduction to structural and systematic botany, and vegetable physiology. Botany. 494 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. strongest vegetable fibres known. Many are the ornaments of our garifens and 950. Ord. Melanthaceffi {GolcMcum Family). Herbs, with bulbs, icorms, or fasciculated roots. Perianth regular, in a double series; the sepals and petals either distinct, or united below into a tube. .Stamens six, with extrorse anthers (except in Tofieldia and Pleea). ;Ovary free, three-celled, several-seeded: styles distinct. Albumes, fleshy. The true Melanthaceae, or 951. Sub
. Introduction to structural and systematic botany, and vegetable physiology. Botany. 494 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. strongest vegetable fibres known. Many are the ornaments of our garifens and 950. Ord. Melanthaceffi {GolcMcum Family). Herbs, with bulbs, icorms, or fasciculated roots. Perianth regular, in a double series; the sepals and petals either distinct, or united below into a tube. .Stamens six, with extrorse anthers (except in Tofieldia and Pleea). ;Ovary free, three-celled, several-seeded: styles distinct. Albumes, fleshy. The true Melanthaceae, or 951. Subord. MelanthieSB have a mostly septicidal capsule and a marcescent or persistent perianth. — Ex. Colchicum has a perianth with a long tube, arising from a subterranean ovary; it is also re- markable for flowering in the autumn, when it is leafless, ripening its fruit and producing its leaves the following spring. Li most of the order, the leaves of the perianth are uncombined ; as in Vera- trum (White Hellebore), Helonias, &c. Acrid and drastic poison- ous plants, with more or less narcotic qualities ; chiefly due to a peculiar alkaloid principle, named Veratria, which is largely ex- FIG. 1247. ErythrODium Americanum (Dog-tooth Violet, Adder's-tongue). 1248. The bulb. 1249. Perianth laid open, with the stamens. 1250. The Pistil. 1251. Cross-section of the 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 [etc. ] Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.
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