. A class-book of botany; designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the capitol, lat. 38 3/4 o. Botany; Plants -- United States; Plants -- Canada. XLVIII. ROSACEA. 239 A large proportion of these are natives of temperate climates north of the equator. Properties âA highly important order, whether we regard its delicious fruit, its medicinal products, or the beauty of its flowers. None of species (excepting those of the Almond tribe) are unwholesome. An astrineent
. A class-book of botany; designed for colleges, academies, and other seminaries ... illustrated by a flora of the northern, middle, and western states; particularly of the United States north of the capitol, lat. 38 3/4 o. Botany; Plants -- United States; Plants -- Canada. XLVIII. ROSACEA. 239 A large proportion of these are natives of temperate climates north of the equator. Properties âA highly important order, whether we regard its delicious fruit, its medicinal products, or the beauty of its flowers. None of species (excepting those of the Almond tribe) are unwholesome. An astrineent principle characterizes the family, residing chiefly in the bark and the roots. The roots of the blackberry have been used in medicine as an astringent; those of Gillenia, as an emetic; Agrimo- nia, as a vermifuge. The petals of Ro-sa damascena, yield the well known fragrant oil, called ottar (if rose. The Almond, &c., abound in [irussic acid, a deadly poison, residing chiefly in the kemeU.â Of the Ro3arx?, as ornamental flowering shrubs, it is scarcely necessary to j: nm Lr FIG. 44.â1. Potentilla arguta, flower and leaf. 2. Verticil section of a flower with the petals removed, ."showmg the perigynous disk, stamens, ovaries, &c. 3. Enlarged ovary and style. 4. Mature ovary. 5. section showing the seed and funiculus. 6. Vertical section of a flower of Fragaria, showing the peri- gynou-s stamens, the ovaries, &c. 7. Enlarged carpel. 9. Fruit, consisting of the enlarsed receptacle with the achenia external. 9 Perigynous stamens of Rubus Idseus. 10. Fruit, the fleshy carpels aggre- irated. n. Section of the fruit. 12. Flower of the apple tree. 13. Vertical section of a rose, showing the distinct carpels in the calyx tube. Conspectus of the Genera. 5 Sta. 5. Sibbaldia. 24 (Leaves <cauline. JSta. 00. Pntentilla. 12 rnot but insipid in Comamm. 13 I Compound fruit (116, 14, a) of many aggregate drupes. Riibijs. 11 ^ (Lvs. simi)le or pinnate. Spir
Size: 1700px × 1470px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookpublisher, booksubjectbotany
