. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. ACTAEA Perennials, with broad, 2—3 ternately compound leaves, the ovate leaflets sharply cleft and toothed. The white flowers occur in a short and thick terminal raceme. The sepals are 4 or 5, falling ofif when the flower expands. The petals are 4 to 10, small, flat, and on slender claws. The stamens are numerous and have slender white filaments. The pistil is single, the stigma being sessile and 2-lobed. A. alba. White Baneberey. The glob- ular berries are white, the pedicels which bear them becoming thickened in fruit, as large as the peduncle, and
. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. ACTAEA Perennials, with broad, 2—3 ternately compound leaves, the ovate leaflets sharply cleft and toothed. The white flowers occur in a short and thick terminal raceme. The sepals are 4 or 5, falling ofif when the flower expands. The petals are 4 to 10, small, flat, and on slender claws. The stamens are numerous and have slender white filaments. The pistil is single, the stigma being sessile and 2-lobed. A. alba. White Baneberey. The glob- ular berries are white, the pedicels which bear them becoming thickened in fruit, as large as the peduncle, and red. The raceme is ellipsoid and the petals slender, appearing to be transformed stamens. Common in rich woods in April and Delphinium, 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 Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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