. A manual of botany. Botany. 150 MANUAL OF BOTAN"S Orange and Eue {fig. 282), it forms a fleshy ring surrounding the base of the pistil; in the Tree Paeony {fig. 283), it occurs as a dark red cup-shaped expansion covering nearly the whole of the pistil except the stigmas; in the Cherry {fig. 271), it forms a sort of waxy lining to the tube of the calyx. In other cases the disc is reduced to little separate glandular bodies, as in some Cru- ciferous plants ; or to scales, as in the Stonecrop {fig. 284) and Vine {fig. 344); or to various petaloid expansions, as in the Columbine. A peculiar
. A manual of botany. Botany. 150 MANUAL OF BOTAN"S Orange and Eue {fig. 282), it forms a fleshy ring surrounding the base of the pistil; in the Tree Paeony {fig. 283), it occurs as a dark red cup-shaped expansion covering nearly the whole of the pistil except the stigmas; in the Cherry {fig. 271), it forms a sort of waxy lining to the tube of the calyx. In other cases the disc is reduced to little separate glandular bodies, as in some Cru- ciferous plants ; or to scales, as in the Stonecrop {fig. 284) and Vine {fig. 344); or to various petaloid expansions, as in the Columbine. A peculiar swelling upon the summit of the inferior ovaries of the flower of the natural order Umbellifers is also generally referred to as a variety of the disc, though it is above instead of Fig. 283. Fig. 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 Green, J. Reynolds (Joseph Reynolds), 1848-1914. London, J. & A. Churchill
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