The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . pals, petals, and stamens of White Water-Lily, showingthe 229. A Cactus blossom. SECTION 8.] MODIFICATIONS OF THE TYPE. S5 § 4, MODIFICATIONS OF THE TYPE. 248. The Deviations, as tbej may be caUed, from the assumed type orpattern of flower are n<ost various and extensive. Tiie differences betweenone species and another of the same genus are comparatively insignificant:those between different genera are more striking; those between differenttamihes and classes of plants more and more profound. They representdifferent adap
The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . pals, petals, and stamens of White Water-Lily, showingthe 229. A Cactus blossom. SECTION 8.] MODIFICATIONS OF THE TYPE. S5 § 4, MODIFICATIONS OF THE TYPE. 248. The Deviations, as tbej may be caUed, from the assumed type orpattern of flower are n<ost various and extensive. Tiie differences betweenone species and another of the same genus are comparatively insignificant:those between different genera are more striking; those between differenttamihes and classes of plants more and more profound. They representdifferent adaptations to conditions or modes of life, some of which haveobvious or probable utilities, altliough others are beyond particular expla-nation. The principal modifications may be conveniently classified. Firsttliose which m place of perfect (otherwise called hermaphrodite or bisexual)flowers, give origin to 249. Unisexual, or Separated, or Diclinous Flowers, imperfect flow-era, as they have been called in contradistinction to perfect flowers; but that.
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