. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 173. Floriferoua branch. Fig. 175. Trans, sect, of mericarp. Astrantia {Sacquetia) Epipaetis. being annual, di- or trichotomous, and the few-flowered inflorescences being surrounded by large spinescent bracts, simple or dentate, like the sepals. It is a European or oriental genus. Sanicula (fig. 177, 178) resembles Astrantia in its polygamo-dioecious flowers, the form of its fruit and absence of car- pophore. But the inflorescence is com- posed of several umbels, arranged in cymes ordinarily biparous, and in each umbellule there is generally an ind
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 173. Floriferoua branch. Fig. 175. Trans, sect, of mericarp. Astrantia {Sacquetia) Epipaetis. being annual, di- or trichotomous, and the few-flowered inflorescences being surrounded by large spinescent bracts, simple or dentate, like the sepals. It is a European or oriental genus. Sanicula (fig. 177, 178) resembles Astrantia in its polygamo-dioecious flowers, the form of its fruit and absence of car- pophore. But the inflorescence is com- posed of several umbels, arranged in cymes ordinarily biparous, and in each umbellule there is generally an indefinite number of male and one or a few hermaphrodite flowers. The. Fig. 176^ 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 Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.
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