. The elements of botany for beginners and for schools. Botany. FLOWERS. [section 8. Connate is a term common for cither not free or i>ot distinct, that is, for parts united congenitally, wlictlier of same or of different kinds. Adnate, as properly used, relates to tlie union of dissimilar jjarts. 272. lu still another form of ex- pression, the terms superior and. inferior have been much used in the sense of above and below. Superior is said of the ovary of Flax-tlower, Cherry, etc., because above the other parts; it is equiv- alent to "ovary ; Or it is said of the calyx, etc
. The elements of botany for beginners and for schools. Botany. FLOWERS. [section 8. Connate is a term common for cither not free or i>ot distinct, that is, for parts united congenitally, wlictlier of same or of different kinds. Adnate, as properly used, relates to tlie union of dissimilar jjarts. 272. lu still another form of ex- pression, the terms superior and. inferior have been much used in the sense of above and below. Superior is said of the ovary of Flax-tlower, Cherry, etc., because above the other parts; it is equiv- alent to "ovary ; Or it is said of the calyx, etc., when above the ovary, as in Fig. 273-275. Inferior, when applied to the ovary, means the same as " calyx adnate;" when appUed to the flo- ral envelopes, it means that they are free. 273. Position of Flower or of its Parts. The terms superior and inferior, or upper and lower, are also used to indicate the relative position of the parts of a flower in 274 reference to the axis of inflores- cence. An axillary flower stands between the bract or leaf which sub- tends it and the axis or stem which bears this bract or leaf. This is represented in sectional diagrams (as in Fi^. 275, 276) by a transverse line for the bract, and a small circle for the axis of inflorescence. Now the side of the blossom which faces the bract is the Anterior, or Inferior, or Lower side; while the side next the axis is the Posterior, or Superior, or Upper side of the flower. 274. So, in the labiate corolla (Fig. (5-258), the lip which is composed of three of the five petals is tlie anterior, or inferior, or lower lip; the other is the posterior, or superior., or upper lip. Fig. 273. Hawthorn-blossom in section; parts adnate to whole face of ovary, and with each other beyond; another grade of perigynous. Fig. 274. Cranberry-blossom in section ; parts epigynous. VlG. 275. Diagram of papilionaceous flower (Robinia, Fig. 261), with bract be- low; axis of inflorescence above. FiQ. 276. Diagram of
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