. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 100 BRITISH FLOWERINa PLANTS chap. no stem, and the leaves are radical, apparently rising from the root, the stem being very short. Now, under these circumstances, if the Sweet Violet attempted to shoot its seeds, the capsules not being sufficiently elevated, the seeds would merely strike against some neighbouring leaf, and immediately fall to the ground. Hence, I think, we see that the arrangement of the y --,. Fig. 62.—Viola hirta. a, flower-bud ; d, full-sized capsule. capsule in each species is that most s
. Notes on the life history of British flowering plants. Botany; Plant ecology. 100 BRITISH FLOWERINa PLANTS chap. no stem, and the leaves are radical, apparently rising from the root, the stem being very short. Now, under these circumstances, if the Sweet Violet attempted to shoot its seeds, the capsules not being sufficiently elevated, the seeds would merely strike against some neighbouring leaf, and immediately fall to the ground. Hence, I think, we see that the arrangement of the y --,. Fig. 62.—Viola hirta. a, flower-bud ; d, full-sized capsule. capsule in each species is that most suitable to the general habit of the plant. The species is somewhat variable. Mr. Britton' found that " among 1000 flowers gathered indiscriminately by the sides of, and adjacent to, the ancient highway known as Ermyn Street, between Epsom Downs and Leather- head Downs, 305, or more than 30 per cent, were abnormal. The variations ranged from slight diver- ' Journal of Botany, 1904, p. 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 Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London, New York, Macmillan and Co. , Ltd.
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