. The elements of structural . Fig. 75. TBIIiLIUM. OBGAN. NO. COHESION. ADHESION. REMAKKS. 33 Polyphyllous. Inferior Sepals persist-ent. Stamens. 6 HexandrouB. Hypogynous. 3 Syncarpous. Superior. The inner faceof each stylestigmatic. Leaves net-veined. ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BuTANY. 51 GO. Indian Turnip. This plant may be easily metwith in our woods in early summer. If you are notfamiliar with its appearance, the annexed cut (Fig. 78) M:*<^ r^ Fig. 78. will help you to recognise it. Procure several speci-mens ; these will probably at first se
. The elements of structural . Fig. 75. TBIIiLIUM. OBGAN. NO. COHESION. ADHESION. REMAKKS. 33 Polyphyllous. Inferior Sepals persist-ent. Stamens. 6 HexandrouB. Hypogynous. 3 Syncarpous. Superior. The inner faceof each stylestigmatic. Leaves net-veined. ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BuTANY. 51 GO. Indian Turnip. This plant may be easily metwith in our woods in early summer. If you are notfamiliar with its appearance, the annexed cut (Fig. 78) M:*<^ r^ Fig. 78. will help you to recognise it. Procure several speci-mens ; these will probably at first seem to you to bealike in every respect, but out of a number, some arepretty sure to dilTer from the rest. Notice the bulbfrom which the stem springs. It differs from that ofthe Dogs-tooth Violet, and LiUes generally, in being asolid mass. It is called a conn. Between the pair of 52 ELEMENTS OK STRUCTURAL Fig. 79. leaves yoxT ooserve a curious strip-ed sheath, having an arching,hood-Hke top, and enclosing an up-right stalk, the top of -which almosttouches the hood (Tig. 79). Canthis he a flower ? It is certainlythe only thing about the plantwhich at all resembles a flower,and yet how different it is from anywe have hitherto examined ! Care-fully cut away the sheaths from allyour specimens. Most, and per-haps all, of them will then presentan appearance like that in Fig. none of them be like Fig. 81, itwill be well to gather a few more plants. We shall sup-pose, however, that you have been fortunate in obtain-ing both kinds, and will proceed with ourexamination. Take first a specimen cor-responding with Fig. 80. Around thebase of the column are compactly arrang-ed many spherical green bodies, eachtipped with a little point. Separate oneof these from the i-est, and cut it will be found to contain several ovules,and is, in fact, an ovary, the point at thetop being a stigma.
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