. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. New York. The long calyx-lobes still persist; so do the stamens, a. But theflesh does not cover the entire fruit, but leavesthe five carpels bare at the top. 349. In pomological writings, the five leaf-likebodies on the apex of the apple are known ascalyx. If the third hypothesis of the architecture 294 LUSSOIfS WITH PliANTS of the apple (347) is correct, then this horticul-tural terminology is also correct from the botanicalstandpoint; but if the apple isthickened calyx, then these bodiesrep
. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. New York. The long calyx-lobes still persist; so do the stamens, a. But theflesh does not cover the entire fruit, but leavesthe five carpels bare at the top. 349. In pomological writings, the five leaf-likebodies on the apex of the apple are known ascalyx. If the third hypothesis of the architecture 294 LUSSOIfS WITH PliANTS of the apple (347) is correct, then this horticul-tural terminology is also correct from the botanicalstandpoint; but if the apple isthickened calyx, then these bodiesrepresent only a part of thecalyx, and are really character of this calyx isised in describing varieties ofipples and pears. In D, , the calyx is said to beclosed; in E it is calyx sits in a depressioncalled a basin. The basin isshallow in D, deep andnarrow in F, and broad inE. The pedicel is known asthe stalk. The stalk is longand slender in C, and short in A and stalk sits in a cavity, which is described inessentially the same terms which are used for Fig. gherkin. Suggestions.—Compare the fruits of the apple, pear and quince,having all the above discussions in mind. Make comparisons ofvarious kinds of apples, and attempt to designate the points ofdifferences, giving attention to size, shape, color, basin, calyx, cavity,stalk, season of ripening, texture and flavor. PUMPKINS AND SQUASHES 295 LVI. PUMPKINS AND SQUASHES 350. Squash flowers are shown in Figs. 161 and162. The flowers are monoecious. The ovary isinferior to the calyx-lobes. The cucumber andgherkin (Figs. 163 and 164) belong to the samefamily; and so do themelons and gourds. Thepassion-flowers are closeof kin. 351. When the fruitsof squashes, melons andthe like, are very small,the seeds are seen to beborne upon three parietalplacentae; but these pla-centae sometimes merge, or,in the watermelon, theymay break away from thewall and appear as if pupil w
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