. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. MILKWEED FAMILY 195 hood-like appendages, each with an incurved horn borne on the stamen tube and forming a crown around the stigma (Fig. 27, A); anthers pressing against the lobes of the stigma ; the pollen clinging together in tough, waxy or fijie-grained hn. Fig. 27. Flower of Asrlejiias syrUixa A, entire flower; B, vertical section; C, diagram; D, details of pollen-masses and glands, ca, calyx; c, corolla; hd, hood; An, horn; o, anther; «, stig- ma; 0, ovary; g, gland; p, pollen-mass. (All considerably enlarged.) masses. Ovary free from the calyx tub
. Essentials of botany. Botany; Botany. MILKWEED FAMILY 195 hood-like appendages, each with an incurved horn borne on the stamen tube and forming a crown around the stigma (Fig. 27, A); anthers pressing against the lobes of the stigma ; the pollen clinging together in tough, waxy or fijie-grained hn. Fig. 27. Flower of Asrlejiias syrUixa A, entire flower; B, vertical section; C, diagram; D, details of pollen-masses and glands, ca, calyx; c, corolla; hd, hood; An, horn; o, anther; «, stig- ma; 0, ovary; g, gland; p, pollen-mass. (All considerably enlarged.) masses. Ovary free from the calyx tube, of 2 carpels, more or less united below but unconnected above ; styles 2 ; stigmas 5-angled; ovules several-many. Fruit consisting of 1 or 2 pods. The flowers are very highlj^ specialized for pollination by insects (see below, under Asclepias).. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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