. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. APPENDAGES TO PLANTS. 63 *Jh. XL] for similar purposes as the fur, hair, and bristles of ani- mals, viz.: to defend them from cold and other injuries. Fig. 41. 250. The Bract is a leaf among or near the flowers, different from the leaves of the plant. In this branch, (Fig. 41,) you observe the difference between the real leaves (b b) and the bract (a); the former being cordate and crenate, the latter lanceolate and entire. 251. In some plants, as in several species of the Sage, the transition from leav
. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. APPENDAGES TO PLANTS. 63 *Jh. XL] for similar purposes as the fur, hair, and bristles of ani- mals, viz.: to defend them from cold and other injuries. Fig. 41. 250. The Bract is a leaf among or near the flowers, different from the leaves of the plant. In this branch, (Fig. 41,) you observe the difference between the real leaves (b b) and the bract (a); the former being cordate and crenate, the latter lanceolate and entire. 251. In some plants, as in several species of the Sage, the transition from leaves to bracts is so gradual, as to render it difficult to distinguish be tween them, and a considerable part of the foliage is composed of bracts. In other plants, as the Crown impe- rial, the stem is terminated by a num- ber of large and conspicuous bracts. The appendages are sometimes mis- taken for the calyx. 252. We have now, in regular or- der, considered the first of the two classes of vegetable organs, viz.: such as tend to the support and growth of the plant, including root, stem, leaf, and appendages; we are next to en- ter upon the description of a class of organs whose chief use appears to be that of bringing forward the fruit. CHAPTER XL Different parts of the Flower.âThe Calyx. 253. You are no doubt pleased to have arrived at the bios som, that part of the plant which is the ornament of the veo-e table kingdom. X â â-⢠â¢"â w**w v* 1AM1UVU V \JM. HIV r V£i^ Flowers are delightful to every lover of na- 250. 251. 252. 253. dom What is the bract 1 \Vl alwa^s easy t0 distinguish bracts from leaves 1 What organs of the plant have we now considered ? What part of the plant i^ the ornament of the vegetab <j 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 Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs.
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