. Flowers of the field. Botany. CRANES-BILL FAxMlLY I°5 3.'* 0- iorniaildta, a nearly glabrous ererti plant with runners and 2 —8-flo\vered/£-i///«r/« hea.]:mg\e\\o\\ Jlou'eis, occurring also in the west, is not indigenous.—Fl. July, August. Biennial. 4. (Bal>am).—Succulent herbaceous plants with simple leaves and monosymmetric Jloiccrs': sepals 3, petaloid, deciduous, imbricate, the posterior one a wide-mouthed. IMP.\TrEXS .\ {SalsaiiC'. spur : petals 3, the anterior one broad, symmetrical, the two lateral ones unequally 2-lobed ; stamens 5, -with short coh
. Flowers of the field. Botany. CRANES-BILL FAxMlLY I°5 3.'* 0- iorniaildta, a nearly glabrous ererti plant with runners and 2 —8-flo\vered/£-i///«r/« hea.]:mg\e\\o\\ Jlou'eis, occurring also in the west, is not indigenous.—Fl. July, August. Biennial. 4. (Bal>am).—Succulent herbaceous plants with simple leaves and monosymmetric Jloiccrs': sepals 3, petaloid, deciduous, imbricate, the posterior one a wide-mouthed. IMP.\TrEXS .\ {SalsaiiC'. spur : petals 3, the anterior one broad, symmetrical, the two lateral ones unequally 2-lobed ; stamens 5, -with short coherent filaments : ovary 5-chambered, many-ovuled -.^/ri/it a. capsule with 5 elastic valves. If the capsule be touched when approaching ripeness, its valves instantaneously curl into a spiral form, and spring with considerable force many feet from the plant, dropping the seeds by the way. Cleistogene flowers also occur. (Name. 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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