. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. Flu. 240. Flower clusters of willow (aments"); that to the left is pistillate, the other Btaminate.—After Warming. pistils are not only separated in difEerent flowers, but upon different plants, some plants being staminate and others pistillate (Fig. SiO). The flowers are clustered upon a long axis, and each one is protected by a promi- nent bract. It is these scaly bracts which give character to the cluster, which is called an anient or raikin, and the plants which produce such clusters are said to be amenta- ceous. These aments of poplars, "
. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. Flu. 240. Flower clusters of willow (aments"); that to the left is pistillate, the other Btaminate.—After Warming. pistils are not only separated in difEerent flowers, but upon different plants, some plants being staminate and others pistillate (Fig. SiO). The flowers are clustered upon a long axis, and each one is protected by a promi- nent bract. It is these scaly bracts which give character to the cluster, which is called an anient or raikin, and the plants which produce such clusters are said to be amenta- ceous. These aments of poplars, "pussy willows," and the alders and birches are very familiar objects (Figs. 240. -241).. Fig. 241. Aments of alder (Alnvs): a, branch with staminate aments in), pistillate aments (m), and a young bud (k); b, pistillate ament at time of discharging seeds, showing the promi- nent bracts.—After 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 Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton and company
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