. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 106 FLOWERING PLANTS flower there are again three flowers within each invohicre, which is here large and petaloid. In Boerhaavia and others the involiicral leaves are reduced to teeth or scales. The perianth is folded in O. c Fig. 46. Diagrams of inflorescence and flowers in A, Mirabilis; B, Oxyhaj)hus; C, Bougainvillea; i, involucre of bracts; a, ^, a', pairs of bracteoles. (After Eichler.) the bud; in Mirabilis it is also contorted as in the corolla of Convolvulaceae. The number of stamens is very variable; in Mirabilis Jalapa they are equal
. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 106 FLOWERING PLANTS flower there are again three flowers within each invohicre, which is here large and petaloid. In Boerhaavia and others the involiicral leaves are reduced to teeth or scales. The perianth is folded in O. c Fig. 46. Diagrams of inflorescence and flowers in A, Mirabilis; B, Oxyhaj)hus; C, Bougainvillea; i, involucre of bracts; a, ^, a', pairs of bracteoles. (After Eichler.) the bud; in Mirabilis it is also contorted as in the corolla of Convolvulaceae. The number of stamens is very variable; in Mirabilis Jalapa they are equal in number to the petals, but there may be fewer or more (1-30). The filaments are often 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 Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938. Cambridge, University press
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