. The natural history of plants. Botany. 206 NATUBAL EISTOBY OF PLANTS. In the group Fsoralece or AmorpJieee we find the greatest reduction Glycyrrliiza of the flower in this series Amorpha fruticosa. Fig. 166. Flower (f). Fig. 165.—Habit (i). Sometimes the corolla is reduced to a single petal, the standard, as in Amor- pha (figs. 166, 167), or is altogether absent as in Faryella; sometimes, as in Fsoralea, the ovary contains but a single ovule. "We may rarely find two or three ovules; and one genus, Asagresa, is so far exceptional as to possess half a dozen. The androceum alone
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 206 NATUBAL EISTOBY OF PLANTS. In the group Fsoralece or AmorpJieee we find the greatest reduction Glycyrrliiza of the flower in this series Amorpha fruticosa. Fig. 166. Flower (f). Fig. 165.—Habit (i). Sometimes the corolla is reduced to a single petal, the standard, as in Amor- pha (figs. 166, 167), or is altogether absent as in Faryella; sometimes, as in Fsoralea, the ovary contains but a single ovule. "We may rarely find two or three ovules; and one genus, Asagresa, is so far exceptional as to possess half a dozen. The androceum alone remains as in most Papilionacece; it is decandrous and monadelphous. The PsoralecB are herbs or shrubs whose leaves are covered with glan- dular dots. The flowers form racemes Fig. 167. ., , Long. sect, of flower, or spiKcs, and possess muticous an-. 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 Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.
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