. A class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... Illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the Capitol, lat. 38 3/4. Botany; Plants -- United States; Plants -- Canada. y82 LV. OiNAGRACEiE. Epilobium. po3S£ %a no remarkable properties. Many genera are ornamental, and one, the well known Fuchsia, is bo U) a high depree. To this order is appended the suborder , consisting of aquatic herbs of a low grade, the flowers being imperfect or reduced to solitary parts or PIG. 45.â1
. A class-book of botany, designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... Illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the Capitol, lat. 38 3/4. Botany; Plants -- United States; Plants -- Canada. y82 LV. OiNAGRACEiE. Epilobium. po3S£ %a no remarkable properties. Many genera are ornamental, and one, the well known Fuchsia, is bo U) a high depree. To this order is appended the suborder , consisting of aquatic herbs of a low grade, the flowers being imperfect or reduced to solitary parts or PIG. 45.â1. Flower of CEnothera fruticosa. 2. Plan of the flowei. i. Section of the 4celled capsule of(E biennis. 5. Hippnris vulgaris ; 6, its flower, with 1 stamen, l ovary, l style. 4. Vertical section of its l-seeded fruit. 7. Circsa Lutetiana. 8. The flower enlarged. 9. Plan of the flower. 10. Vertical section of the 2-celled and 2-seeded fruit. Conspectus of the Genera. !Pet. scarcely i Seeds comose. Epilobium. 1 clawed; i Seeds naked. (Enothera. 2 \ claws unarmed. Gaura. B Pet. clawed; ii Claws with 2 teeth. Clarkia. .3 <i Sta. 8; I Beautiful green-house shrubs. . Fuchsia. 4 5 Flsperf ; Stamens 4 ; styles united into 1. . Lu-dwigia. 6 ("by 4s; J Flowers monoecious ; aquatic ; leaves multifid. . J by 3s; flowers apetalous ; aquatic ; leaves pectinate. . Proserpinaca, 8 J by2e; flowers complete and reeular; leaves dentate. . Circcea. 7 Partsof 'd Iby Is; flowers apetalous ; aquatic; leaves verticillate. . Hippuris. 10 Tribe 1. ONAGRE.^. Flowers perfect, the parts arranged in 4s (rarely 3s); pollen connected by threads. 1. EPILOBIUM. Gr. tnt, upon, Xo0ov, apod, tov, a violet; i. e. a violet growing upon a pod. Calyx tube not prolonged beyond the ovary, limb deeply 4-cleft, 4- parted and deciduous; petals 4: stamens 8, anthers fixed near the middle; stigma often with 4 spreading lobes; ovary and capsule linear, 4-cornered, 4-eelled, 4-valved; seeds 00
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