. Fundamentals of botany. Botany. 476 STRUCTURE AND LIFE IHSTORIES from the pouches, and snap over in, toward the center, thus dusting the insect with pollen, which is then trans- ferred to the stigma of the next flower visited by the insect. The corpse-plant, or Indian-pipe {Monotropa uniflora), is of interest because, although belonging in a sympetalous. Fig. 360.—Milkweed [Asclepias Sp.). a, flower-bud; b, flower; c, very young pod; d, older pod in section, showing seeds; e, section of flower; /, top view of flower, showing the 5 hoods of the crown, each with a horn incurving to the stigma;
. Fundamentals of botany. Botany. 476 STRUCTURE AND LIFE IHSTORIES from the pouches, and snap over in, toward the center, thus dusting the insect with pollen, which is then trans- ferred to the stigma of the next flower visited by the insect. The corpse-plant, or Indian-pipe {Monotropa uniflora), is of interest because, although belonging in a sympetalous. Fig. 360.—Milkweed [Asclepias Sp.). a, flower-bud; b, flower; c, very young pod; d, older pod in section, showing seeds; e, section of flower; /, top view of flower, showing the 5 hoods of the crown, each with a horn incurving to the stigma; between the horns are the cleft glands (shown enlarged at g), to which the poUinia are attached. family, it is polypetalous, and further because, living entirely as a saprophyte (or, possibly, as a root-parasite), it has entirely lost the power to make chlorophyll, and hence the power of photosynthesis (Fig. 230, p. 323). 419. Milkweed Family (Asclepiadaceae).^—The milk- weeds^ present a most curious and interesting modifica- ' So called because they contain a milky juice or 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 Gager, C. Stuart (Charles Stuart), 1872-1943. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co.
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