. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany : with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated : illustrated by 500 wood engravings. Botany; Botanique. AND WII'T THEIR PARTS ARE. 11. Thf Floweri Flowers are ino»t interesting to the botanist; who not only ad- mires them for their beaut)', the exquisite arrangement and forms of their parts, and the wonderful variety they exliibit, but also sees in the blossoms much of the na- ture or character of each plant, and finds in them the best marks for distinguishing the so
. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany : with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated : illustrated by 500 wood engravings. Botany; Botanique. AND WII'T THEIR PARTS ARE. 11. Thf Floweri Flowers are ino»t interesting to the botanist; who not only ad- mires them for their beaut)', the exquisite arrangement and forms of their parts, and the wonderful variety they exliibit, but also sees in the blossoms much of the na- ture or character of each plant, and finds in them the best marks for distinguishing the sorts of plants and the family they belong to. So let the student learn at once 12. What the Parte of a Flower arr, A flower, with all the parts present, consists of Calyx^ Corolla^ Sta- mens, and Pistih. One from the Moming-Glory (Fig. 4,/) will serve for an example. Here is one taken off, and shown of about the natural size, the corolla, Fig. 5, separated from the calyx. Fig. 6. The calyx and the corolla are the Floral Envelopes, or the leaves of the flower. They cover in the bud, and protect the stamens and pistils, which are the JUssentlal Organ 9 of the flower, because both of these are necessary to forming the seed. 13. The Calyx — a Latin name for "flower-cup" — is the cup or outer covenng of the blossom (Fig. G). It is apt to be green and leaf-like. 14. The Corolla is the inner cup, or inner set of leaves, of the flower. It is very seldom green, as the calyx commonly is, but is " colored," i. e. of some other color than green, and of a delicate texture. So it is the most showy part of the blossom. Fig. 5 shows the corolla of the Moming- Glory whole. Fig. 7 is the same, split down and spread open to show 15. The Stameni. These in this flower grow fast to the bottom of the corolla. There are five stamens in the Moming- Glory. Each stamen consists of two parts, namely, a Filament and an Anther. The Filament is the stalk; the Anther is a little case,
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