. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. 26 Flowers and their Pedigrees. broadened and flattened into ornamental rays. Even amongst wild flowers, the white water-lily shows us every gradation between fertile pollen-bearing true stamens and barren broad-bladed petals. To put it shortly and dogmatically, petals are in every case merely specialised stamens, which have given up their original function of forming pollen, in order to adopt the function of attracting Fig. 8.—Transition from stamen to petal in White Water-lily. The five-rowed ancestors of
. Flowers and their pedigrees [microform]. Flowers; Flowers; Fleurs; Fleurs. 26 Flowers and their Pedigrees. broadened and flattened into ornamental rays. Even amongst wild flowers, the white water-lily shows us every gradation between fertile pollen-bearing true stamens and barren broad-bladed petals. To put it shortly and dogmatically, petals are in every case merely specialised stamens, which have given up their original function of forming pollen, in order to adopt the function of attracting Fig. 8.—Transition from stamen to petal in White Water-lily. The five-rowed ancestors of the daisy found a decided advantage in thus setting apart one outer row of stamens as coloured advertisements to lure the insects to the honey, while they left the inner rows to do all the real work of pollen-making. They very rapidly spread over the world, and assumed very various forms in various places. But wherever they went, they always preserved more or less trace of their quinary arrangement; and to this day, if you pick almost any flower belonging to the same great. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Longmans, Green
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