. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 135 and each provided with a papery wing by means of which it sails away on the wind. The nearest relatives to the Proteaceae in our flora, are probably the true laurels—sassafras, spicewood and the like. The Proteaceae usually have four parted flowers lacking a. Like other follicles splits down the ventral suture. corolla and otherwise so variable that this feature has suggested the scientific name from Proteus, a character in Greek mythol- ogy famous for the number of different shapes he could assu
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Botany. THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 135 and each provided with a papery wing by means of which it sails away on the wind. The nearest relatives to the Proteaceae in our flora, are probably the true laurels—sassafras, spicewood and the like. The Proteaceae usually have four parted flowers lacking a. Like other follicles splits down the ventral suture. corolla and otherwise so variable that this feature has suggested the scientific name from Proteus, a character in Greek mythol- ogy famous for the number of different shapes he could assume. The silk oak (Grez'iUea) often seen in cultivation in the warmer parts of this country is a member of this 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 Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute & Co.
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