. The elements of botany for beginners and for schools. Botany. Fig. 296. Stamen of Moonseed, with anther cut ; tins 4-celled, or rather 4- locellate. Fia. 297. Stamen of Pentstemon pubescens; the two anther-cells diverging, aud almost confluent. Fig. 298. Stamen of Mallow ; the anther supposed to answer to that of Fig. 297, but the cells completely confluent into one. Fig. 299. Stamen of Globe Amaranth ; very short filament bearing a single anther-cell; it is open from top to bottom, showing the pollen within. Fig. 300-305. Stamens of several plants of the Labiate or Mint Family. Fig.


. The elements of botany for beginners and for schools. Botany. Fig. 296. Stamen of Moonseed, with anther cut ; tins 4-celled, or rather 4- locellate. Fia. 297. Stamen of Pentstemon pubescens; the two anther-cells diverging, aud almost confluent. Fig. 298. Stamen of Mallow ; the anther supposed to answer to that of Fig. 297, but the cells completely confluent into one. Fig. 299. Stamen of Globe Amaranth ; very short filament bearing a single anther-cell; it is open from top to bottom, showing the pollen within. Fig. 300-305. Stamens of several plants of the Labiate or Mint Family. Fig. 300. Of a Monarda : the two anther-cells with bases divergent so that they are transverse to the filament, and their contiguous tips confluent, so as to form one cell opening by a continuous line. Fig. 301. Of a Calamintlia: tlie broad connec- tive separating the two cells. FiG. 302. Of a Sage (Salvia Texana ; with long and slender connective resembling forks of the filament, one bearing a good anther-cell; the other an abortive or poor one. Fig. 303. Another Sage (S. coccinea), with connective longer and more thread-shaped, the lower fork having its anther-cell wholly wantnig. FiG. 304. Of a White Sage, Audibertia grandiflnra; the lower fork of connective a mere vesticre. Fig. 30.'). Of another White Sage (A. stachy- oides), the lower fork of connective 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. New York : American Book Company


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