. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. HOW PLANTS MAURY. 89 in the harebell and the gentian, it has five points, or lobes, united at the base into a Binplo piece (Fig. 17). l^jast of all, outside the corolla again comes another row or layer, called the calyx, which sometimes consists of five separate leaves or sepals, as in the dog-rose and tlie butter- cup, but sometimes has five points, welded at the base into one piece, as in red campion and. no. 17.—FLOWEB OF A SHRUHHKRY PLANT, WKIGELIA, WITH THE PETALS UNITEU INTO SINGLE COUOLLA. I. Entire fiower. II. The same, with part of the coro
. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. HOW PLANTS MAURY. 89 in the harebell and the gentian, it has five points, or lobes, united at the base into a Binplo piece (Fig. 17). l^jast of all, outside the corolla again comes another row or layer, called the calyx, which sometimes consists of five separate leaves or sepals, as in the dog-rose and tlie butter- cup, but sometimes has five points, welded at the base into one piece, as in red campion and. no. 17.—FLOWEB OF A SHRUHHKRY PLANT, WKIGELIA, WITH THE PETALS UNITEU INTO SINGLE COUOLLA. I. Entire fiower. II. The same, with part of the corolla cut away. HI. and IV. A fitamen. k, calyx ; b, corolla ; s, stamen; a, anther of the stamen ; (j and n, parts of the pittil. convolvulus. It is these last comparatively unessential but very conspicuous parts that most people think of when they say "a ; What is their use ? Well, they are not essen- tial, like the pistil and stamens, because many flowers, perhaps even most flowers, do without. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Hodder and Stoughton
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