. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 172 THE Oedek XXI. CARTOPHTLLACE^. Pinkworts. 40S 4091. Fig. 406. Pink (Pheasant'B-eye): &, the bracts; o, the tnbular calyx. Fi^. 407. The ovary with its 2 styles, Fig. 408. A petal of the Diurnal Lychnis, 2-cIeft: c, the claw. Fig. 409. Arenaria stricta, showing the spreading cyme. Fig. 410. A flower enlarged, calyx not tubular. Merbi with the stems swelling at the nodes; opposite, entire leaves ; sepals 4 or 5, sometimes distinct and sometimes unite
. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 172 THE Oedek XXI. CARTOPHTLLACE^. Pinkworts. 40S 4091. Fig. 406. Pink (Pheasant'B-eye): &, the bracts; o, the tnbular calyx. Fi^. 407. The ovary with its 2 styles, Fig. 408. A petal of the Diurnal Lychnis, 2-cIeft: c, the claw. Fig. 409. Arenaria stricta, showing the spreading cyme. Fig. 410. A flower enlarged, calyx not tubular. Merbi with the stems swelling at the nodes; opposite, entire leaves ; sepals 4 or 5, sometimes distinct and sometimes united into a tube; petals 4 or 5 (sometimes 0), with or without claws, hypogynous; stamens generally twice as many as the petals; styles 2-5; fruit a l-celled (rarely 2-5-celled) capsule with numerous seeds, and an embryo coiled around fleshy albumen. Analysis of the Genera. § Stipnles dry, scale-like, between the leaves at 6 § Stipnles none 2 2 Sepals united into a tnbe. Petals with long .3 2 Sepals distinct or nearly so. Petals sessile or none 4 8 Calyx with 2 or more bractlets at base a 8 Calyx naked, i. «., with no bractlets b 4 Pod l-oelled and with several seeds. Petals generally present 6 4 Pod l-celled, with 1 seed. Petals none, calyx green g 4 Pod completely 3-celled. Petals none, calyx white h 5 Petals 2-parted or 2-Iobed o 5 Petals undivided and entire d. 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 Wood, Alphonso, 1810-1881. New York : A. A. Barnes
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