. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 136 FLOWERIXG PLAXTS have considered, in having dioecious or polygamous flowers with the parts arranged in fours. In the male a four-leaved perianth is followed by a varying number of stamens, generally 8-12, in two or three whorls, the innermost of which bear a pair of lateral glands (fig. 62, E). The female flowers have generally a whorl of staminodes alternating with the Fig. 63. Persea americana. A. Leaf and inflorescence, x f. B. Flower, x 3. C. Pistil cut open to shew ovule, x 3. D. Drupe, the upper part cut away to shew
. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 136 FLOWERIXG PLAXTS have considered, in having dioecious or polygamous flowers with the parts arranged in fours. In the male a four-leaved perianth is followed by a varying number of stamens, generally 8-12, in two or three whorls, the innermost of which bear a pair of lateral glands (fig. 62, E). The female flowers have generally a whorl of staminodes alternating with the Fig. 63. Persea americana. A. Leaf and inflorescence, x f. B. Flower, x 3. C. Pistil cut open to shew ovule, x 3. D. Drupe, the upper part cut away to shew the stone, x \. (From Flor. Jam.) Cassytlia consists of herbs resembUng Dodder in habit (fig. 64), having slender cyhndrical stems attached by suckers to their host-plant: leaves are absent or scale-hke. The small fiowers are generally collected in heads or spicate, having three sepals, three petals. 3 — 3 — 3 stamens and an inner whorl of three staminodes, as usual in the family. The petals are much larger than the sepals. The perianth- tube is Httle developed in the flower but increases consider- abh' in the fruit forming a succulent outer covering. The 40 genera contain about 1000 .species; the}^ are common forest-trees in tropical Asia and America. There seem to be two main centres of distribution: one is in tropical south-eastern. 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 Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938. Cambridge, University press
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