. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. PLAjSIT descbiptiojst. 133 Description of Fig. 246. EooTS tuberous. Stem smooth, low, weak, slender, herbaceous,round. Leaves cauline, opposite, a single pair, sessile,exstipulate, feather-veined, entire, lanceolate. Inflorescence a loose definite raceme. Flowee. Calyx ; sepals 2, polysepalous, regu-lar : coEOLLA ; petals 5, polypetalous (or slightlycoherent at the short claws), spreading; stamens 5 ;filaments threadlike ; anthers oval: pistil ; carpels3; style slender, three-cleft; stigma along the innerside
. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. PLAjSIT descbiptiojst. 133 Description of Fig. 246. EooTS tuberous. Stem smooth, low, weak, slender, herbaceous,round. Leaves cauline, opposite, a single pair, sessile,exstipulate, feather-veined, entire, lanceolate. Inflorescence a loose definite raceme. Flowee. Calyx ; sepals 2, polysepalous, regu-lar : coEOLLA ; petals 5, polypetalous (or slightlycoherent at the short claws), spreading; stamens 5 ;filaments threadlike ; anthers oval: pistil ; carpels3; style slender, three-cleft; stigma along the innerside of the three-cleft style. Fig. PLAJST DESCKIPTION. 135 Description of Fig. 24:7» EooTS fibrous, matted, somewhat spreading. Stem of scaly nodes, internodes none. Leaves radical, simple, exstipulate, peltately pal-mate-veined, wavy, deeply two-lobed, shut sinus atbase; petiole long, roimd, rather erect. INFLORESCENCE Solitary, on a smooth, naked scape. Flower. Calyx ; sepals 4, polysepalous, oblong:corolla; petals 8, polypetalous, regular, oblong,spreading: stamens 8; filaments threadlike, shorterthan anther; anthers two-celled, oblong: pistil;carpels 2; style short; stigma spreading, two-lobed. Fig. 248.
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