. Flowers of the field. Botany. LILV 485 â jrostrate, creeping ; flowers in a spreading leaves, golden-yellow, per- SeciiOii IV, IMelanthac?;.^.âCohhiciiDi Tribe Not bulbous ; leaves iiwsilv radieeil; friiil mosllv capsular I-7. âStem a corm ; perianth \\ith a very long tube. iS. Narthecium.âStem raceme ; perianth of 6 free, sistent ; sl\'le 1 ; cap- sule 3-chambered. 19. TOFIELDIA. Stem a short rhi- zome ; flowers in a raceme, small,green- ish-yellow ; perianth- leaves 6, free, spread- ing, persistent; styles 3 ; fruit of 3 follicles. 20. âRhi- zome stout; ste))i ere
. Flowers of the field. Botany. LILV 485 â jrostrate, creeping ; flowers in a spreading leaves, golden-yellow, per- SeciiOii IV, IMelanthac?;.^.âCohhiciiDi Tribe Not bulbous ; leaves iiwsilv radieeil; friiil mosllv capsular I-7. âStem a corm ; perianth \\ith a very long tube. iS. Narthecium.âStem raceme ; perianth of 6 free, sistent ; sl\'le 1 ; cap- sule 3-chambered. 19. TOFIELDIA. Stem a short rhi- zome ; flowers in a raceme, small,green- ish-yellow ; perianth- leaves 6, free, spread- ing, persistent; styles 3 ; fruit of 3 follicles. 20. âRhi- zome stout; ste))i erect, simple, bear- ing 4 whorled leaves; flower soli- tary, terminal, green, generally ; fruit berrj'-like. I. R u s c u s (Butcher's Broom). âShrubs with stout, creeping rhizomes; woody, branched stems bearing flat- tened, leaf-like, e^'er- green branches or "cladodes" in the axils of minute, scale-like, deciduous leaves; flowers direcious,; perianth deeply 6-cleft, green, persistent; filaments united intO'a tube ; fruit heny- like, T-chambered, i â2-seeded. (Xamc said to be from hrusctis, a word of Keltic origin.) I. R. actdedtus (Butcher's Broom, KneeiHollv).âThe only British species, and only British shrubby ;Nlonocotyledon, 3â^ feet high, with erect, dark green stems; ovate, dark green, flat-. Ri'-SCUS ACTr-FNTT-S {Butrh'-r's /^r A!lf-i'-/!i^In).. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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