. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. :h. CLASSES AND ORDERS. 535 slender peduncles, the leaves are six or seven in a terminal whorl. Class VIII. Octandria, eight stamens. Order 1. Monogynia, one pistil. Fig. 79. 572. This picture shows you a blossom of the Lady's ear-drop, a very beautiful exotic, whose generic name is Fuschsia, so called from Fusch, a German who discovered it. The part which you would think is the corolla, is the calyx, this is of abeautiful crimson colour; the petals are purple and rolled around the stamens beneath the
. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. :h. CLASSES AND ORDERS. 535 slender peduncles, the leaves are six or seven in a terminal whorl. Class VIII. Octandria, eight stamens. Order 1. Monogynia, one pistil. Fig. 79. 572. This picture shows you a blossom of the Lady's ear-drop, a very beautiful exotic, whose generic name is Fuschsia, so called from Fusch, a German who discovered it. The part which you would think is the corolla, is the calyx, this is of abeautiful crimson colour; the petals are purple and rolled around the stamens beneath the calyx. 573. As an example of the eighth class, almost every garden will afford you the Nasturtion, which was originally brought from South America. In examining this plant, you will perceive it has not that regularity of parts which is found in many. It has eight stamens, while the number of its pe- tals is neither four nor eight, but five. The fruit consists of three seeds. The leaf is of a peltate form. Class IX. Enneandria, nine stamens. Order 1. Monogynia, one pistil. 574. The picture presents at a, the Butomus umbellatus, or Flowering rush ; it has no calyx; its petals are six. and egg-shaped stamens nine; its germs are six, and therefore by some botanists it is placed in the sixth order. This plant blossoms in June, and is usually found near the margins of small lakes and ponds, or in ditch- es and low wet grounds ; it has um- bels of pretty rose-coloured flowers. It is spoken of by European botanists as common among them ; but it is not known to be a native of the United States. 575. The genus Laurus belongs to the first order of the ninth. Fig. 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 Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs. , 1793-1884. New York, Huntington & Savage
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