. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 398 STYRACINE^. [PAKT II ORDER CXIX.—STYRACINEiE. The plants in this order best known in English gardens are Styrax ojfflcinale^ the Storax, and Halesia tetraptera^ the Snowdrop-tree. The flowers of both are white ; those of Storax are funnel-shaped, with a five-cleft limb ; there are ten stamens, growing together at the base, with short filaments, and very long anthers. The fruit is a drupe which is nearly dry, con- taining a one-celled nut
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 398 STYRACINE^. [PAKT II ORDER CXIX.—STYRACINEiE. The plants in this order best known in English gardens are Styrax ojfflcinale^ the Storax, and Halesia tetraptera^ the Snowdrop-tree. The flowers of both are white ; those of Storax are funnel-shaped, with a five-cleft limb ; there are ten stamens, growing together at the base, with short filaments, and very long anthers. The fruit is a drupe which is nearly dry, con- taining a one-celled nut, enclosing from one to three seeds. The seeds have two skins, the inner one like a cobweb, and the outer one spongy. The bark, when wounded, affords the gum called storax. Halesia has drooping bell- shaped white flowers, something like those of the Snowdrop, (see a in Jig. 189,) with four petals and twelve or sixteen stamens com- bined into a tube at the base. The fruit is a dry, winged drupe, which has four an- gles in H, tetrapfera (A), and two in H. diptera; and which contains a stone or Fig. 139.—Ssowonop tree (Halesia i • i tetraptera). , putamcn (c), whicll. 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 Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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