. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 40 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS. Fig. L'.s.^Jiatternut {Juglansciiierca, Wahwit b'.unily, J'cjlandacece). A t-nig in autumn bearing a single leaf and a ripr fruit. Twig, in spring bear- ing two staminatc flower-olusters. A single staminate flower viewed from above. A pistillate flower showing the two protruding stigmas. A nut removed from its husk, showing the deeply sculptured shell. The flowers, enlarged; the other parts reduced. (Britton and Brown.) — The plant is a forest tree becoming sometimes 30 m. tall; old bark rough
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 40 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS. Fig. L'.s.^Jiatternut {Juglansciiierca, Wahwit b'.unily, J'cjlandacece). A t-nig in autumn bearing a single leaf and a ripr fruit. Twig, in spring bear- ing two staminatc flower-olusters. A single staminate flower viewed from above. A pistillate flower showing the two protruding stigmas. A nut removed from its husk, showing the deeply sculptured shell. The flowers, enlarged; the other parts reduced. (Britton and Brown.) — The plant is a forest tree becoming sometimes 30 m. tall; old bark roughish, gray; young twigs and leaves stiek>'~hairy; flowers brownish green; stigmas red; fruit green turning to brown, covered thickly with very sticky hairs, nut blackish. Fig. 29.—Pecan (Carija olivceformis, Walnut Family, Juijlcnddcca:). Twig in spring after removal of all the leaves but one and all the staminate flower-clusters below it except the lower part of their stalks. At the tip of the twig is the small cluster of pistillate flowers. Three-branched staminate ' Staminate flower, top view. Stamen. Fruit. Nut. after removal of the husk. Flower and stamen, enlarged. (Britton and Brown.)—The plant is a large slender tree, becoming .50 m. tall; bark somewhat rough; young twigs and leaves hairy; mature foliage nearly smooth; flowers greenish; fruit green; nut light brown. The native home of the various nuts and of other food- plants, tlie length of time they have been cultivated, and certain other matters of ndated interest, will be discussed at the end of this chapter. 34. Pulse, under which name are iiichidcd ]>(^as (Figs. 37. 38), and l)eans (Figs. 311. -10), i agree with grains and nuts ' In the reference to the illustrations the readin- will observe that the fsaiiio Arabic numeral sometimes applies to ninre than one cut, Roman. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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