. Outlines of plant life : with special reference to form and function . Botany. Fig. 246.—A fruit of Barbadoes cotton, open, exposing the voluminous hairs (commer- cial cotton) which clothe the seeds. Natural size.—After Fig. 247. Fig. 248. Fig. 247.—Fruit of Agrimonia, halved; showing torus, carrying calyx and withered stamens above, covered with hooks, and enclosing the hard pericarp, with a single seed. A pistil which did not mature lies to the right. Compare torus in fig. 175. Magnified about 8 diam.—After Baillon. Fig. 248.—Fruit of tick trefoil {Desmodiuni Canadense). A, pods wh
. Outlines of plant life : with special reference to form and function . Botany. Fig. 246.—A fruit of Barbadoes cotton, open, exposing the voluminous hairs (commer- cial cotton) which clothe the seeds. Natural size.—After Fig. 247. Fig. 248. Fig. 247.—Fruit of Agrimonia, halved; showing torus, carrying calyx and withered stamens above, covered with hooks, and enclosing the hard pericarp, with a single seed. A pistil which did not mature lies to the right. Compare torus in fig. 175. Magnified about 8 diam.—After Baillon. Fig. 248.—Fruit of tick trefoil {Desmodiuni Canadense). A, pods which separate into sections, each containing one seed. They are covered with stiff hooked hairs, some. of which are shown enlarged at B. A, natural size. B, magnified about 20 diam.— After 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 Barnes, Charles Reid, 1858-1910. New York : Henry Holt and Company
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