. The natural history of plants. Botany. 22 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. thus formed, contains three or foiir herbaceous species^ natives of the Western districts of North America, principally California. The leaves are alternate, exstipulate, pinnatisect, glabrous, like the "whole plant, and the flowers^ are axillary and solitary. By the complete in- dependence of the carpels these plants are to the series which follow, nearly what the Biebersteinece with independent carpels are to the Greraniums. SOEEEL SEEIES (FE., Surelle) In the Sorrels^ (fig. 55-68) the flowers are regular and herma-
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 22 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. thus formed, contains three or foiir herbaceous species^ natives of the Western districts of North America, principally California. The leaves are alternate, exstipulate, pinnatisect, glabrous, like the "whole plant, and the flowers^ are axillary and solitary. By the complete in- dependence of the carpels these plants are to the series which follow, nearly what the Biebersteinece with independent carpels are to the Greraniums. SOEEEL SEEIES (FE., Surelle) In the Sorrels^ (fig. 55-68) the flowers are regular and herma- Oxalis Fig. 56. Flower without perianth. (V). Fig. 55. FoUaceous branch. Fig. 57. Long. sect, of flower. phrodite, with a convex receptacle. The calyx is composed of five 1 Endl. AtaJct. t 27.—Don, in Sweel Fl. 467; Ann ii 239 Gard. ii. t. 37S -Benth. m H<.t. Trans, ser. i. ^White,"tinted with yeUow towards the claws 409.—LiNDL. m Journ. Sort. Soc. iv. 78.—V. or pint. ""wiuus uie ciaws, HouTTE Fl. des Sevres, y. Rep. i. 3 Oxalis L. Gm. n. Geu. 270; 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 Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.
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