. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. OEDEE CXXXVni. EEIOCATJLONAOEiE. OEDEE CXL. GEAMINE^, 129 barren, 3 with extrorse anthers. Ovary l-eelled, with 3 parietal f)laoent£e; or 3-oelled. Styles 3, partially united Stigmas obed. Capsule many-seeded. A small and chiefly tropical order, represented here hy several specieB of Xyris ( Yellow-eyed Graea). and thongh cattle feed on them, thoy afford little nutriment Oypema dian- drns, flg. 88, Scirpus laoustrls, fig. 89, and Carex tentaculata, flg. 40 are Ulua- trattons of the more abundant forms. GRO
. Analytical class-book of botany : designed for academies and private students. Plants. OEDEE CXXXVni. EEIOCATJLONAOEiE. OEDEE CXL. GEAMINE^, 129 barren, 3 with extrorse anthers. Ovary l-eelled, with 3 parietal f)laoent£e; or 3-oelled. Styles 3, partially united Stigmas obed. Capsule many-seeded. A small and chiefly tropical order, represented here hy several specieB of Xyris ( Yellow-eyed Graea). and thongh cattle feed on them, thoy afford little nutriment Oypema dian- drns, flg. 88, Scirpus laoustrls, fig. 89, and Carex tentaculata, flg. 40 are Ulua- trattons of the more abundant forms. GROUP vin. Order CXXXVIII.—Eriocaulonaceas. Perennial, aquatic herbs. Leaves linear, spongy, sheathing at base. Flowers moncEoious, or dicecious, in dense, hemispheri- cal heads. Perianth 2—6-parted, or wanting. Stamens 6, either all perfect, or some of them abortive. Anthers 1-oelled. Ovary either 1 or more-celled; ceUs 1-secded. A very small, chiefly S. American order, of which Eriocaulon (Pipeworf) Is an example. GROUP IX. Order OXXXIX.—Cyperaceae. Herbs, usually perennial, coarse, grassy, csespitose plants. Culms usually solid, without joints or nodes, mostly triangular. Leaves with entire sheaths, sometimes wanting. Flowers soli- tary, each in the axil of a glume-like bract. Perianth wanting, or else reduced to mere bristles. Stamens usually 3, sometimes 2, or 1. Styles 2—3, more or less united. Fruit an 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 Green, Frances H. (Frances Harriet), 1805-1878; Congdon, Joseph W; Green, Frances H. (Frances Harriet), 1805-1878. Elements of vegetable structure and physiology; Congdon, Joseph W. Systematic botany. New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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