. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. opposite, entire, or variously di-vided in a pinnate way. Flowerssometimes (^ ? by abortion, witha centrifugal expansion ; in Tri-plostegia furnished with an invo-lucre. Calyx superior ; the linibeither membranous, or resemblingfeathery pappus. Corolla mono-petalous, tubular, msertcd uito thetop of the ovary, with from W t(»G lobes, cither regular or irregular,sometimes calcai-ate at the from 1 to 5, insertedinto the tube of the corolla, and alternate with its lobe
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. opposite, entire, or variously di-vided in a pinnate way. Flowerssometimes (^ ? by abortion, witha centrifugal expansion ; in Tri-plostegia furnished with an invo-lucre. Calyx superior ; the linibeither membranous, or resemblingfeathery pappus. Corolla mono-petalous, tubular, msertcd uito thetop of the ovary, with from W t(»G lobes, cither regular or irregular,sometimes calcai-ate at the from 1 to 5, insertedinto the tube of the corolla, and alternate with its lobes. Ovary inferior, with 1 cell, Fig. CCCCLXIX.—Centranthus ruber. 1. a coroUa; 2. section of ovary; 3. ripe fruit, with itspappus ; 4. cross section of a seed. 698 VALERIANACEiE. [Epigynous Fig. CCCCLXX. and sometimes 2 other abortive ones ; ovule solitary, pendulous ; style simple ; stigmasfrom 1 to 3. Fruit di-y, iudehiscent, with 1 fei-tile cell and 2 empty ones. Seed solitaiy, pendulous ; embryostraight, destitute of albumen ;radicle superior. Valerianworts are principallydistinguished from Teazelwortsby their want of albimien, andusually by the absence of aninvolucel *to each floret. Theyhave also but little tendency toform a capitate uaflorescence ;and a couple of additionalempty cells, frequently observ-able in theu ovary, indicates ahigher degree of composition in the central apparatus. M. Bvmge has observedmanifest traces of ovules in the two abortive cells of Patrinia ; the same authorconsiders Valerianworts connected th Caprifoils on the one hand by Triplostegia,and on the other by Linneea.—Ann. Sc. ser. 2. v. 6. 60. They are natives of most temperate climates ; sometimes at considerable are abundant in the north of India, Emope, and South
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