. Class-book of botany : being outlines of the structure, physiology and classification of plants : with a flora of the United States and Canada . Botany; Botany; Botany. 418, Section of the ovary of .in acorn, 8-celled, 6-ovuliid. 420, Section of ovary of Birch, 2-celle(l, 2-ovule(]. 419, Vertical section ofthe same in fruit. 422, Pericarp of Mignionette open soon after ilowering, 421, Naked seed of Taxus Canadensis, surrounded, not covered by the fleshy pericarp. the birch is 2-oelled, 2-ovuled; but by the suppression of one cell with its ovule, the fruit becomes l-celled and 1-seeded. 546.
. Class-book of botany : being outlines of the structure, physiology and classification of plants : with a flora of the United States and Canada . Botany; Botany; Botany. 418, Section of the ovary of .in acorn, 8-celled, 6-ovuliid. 420, Section of ovary of Birch, 2-celle(l, 2-ovule(]. 419, Vertical section ofthe same in fruit. 422, Pericarp of Mignionette open soon after ilowering, 421, Naked seed of Taxus Canadensis, surrounded, not covered by the fleshy pericarp. the birch is 2-oelled, 2-ovuled; but by the suppression of one cell with its ovule, the fruit becomes l-celled and 1-seeded. 546. On the other hand the cells arc sometimes multiplied in the fruit by the formation of false partitions. Tlius the pod of thorn-apple (Datura) becomes 4-celled fi-om a 2-celled ovary, and the longer pods of some leguminous plants have cross- partitions formed between the seeds. 42T. 428 425 424 423 Capsule, 42T, of Sorophularia, 2-celled ; 423, of Datura Stramonium ; 425, of Iris; 426, shoTV- Ing its mode of dehiscence (looulicidal); 424, of Colehicum, S-oelled. 423, Eegma, ripe fruit of Geranium, the carpels (cocci) separating from the axis and bending upwards on the elastic styles. PEEICAEP. The fruit consists of the pericarp and the seed. 547. The pericarp (rrepi, around) is the envelope of the seeds, con- sisting of the carpels and whatever other parts they may be combined â with. It varies greatly in texture and substance when mature, being. 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 Wood, Alphonso, 1810-1881. New York : A. S. Barnes & Burr
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