. A manual of botany. Botany. r>'i<l, 204. Hypanthodium of the Fig (Incus Carica), showing pear-shaped fleshy receptacle bearing flowers on its inner surface. Fig. 205. Ccen- anthiiim of a species of Dorstenia, Fig. 206. Female plant of VaJiisneria spiralis, with its flowers arranged on spiral peduncles. whether axillary (fig. 192, b, b) or terminal [fig. 200), or to a floral axis which bears a number of sessile flowers [figs. 212 and 213) ; if the floral axis branches and each branch bears a flower {figs. 210 and 211), the main axis is still called B.]ped%incle, and the stalk of each fl
. A manual of botany. Botany. r>'i<l, 204. Hypanthodium of the Fig (Incus Carica), showing pear-shaped fleshy receptacle bearing flowers on its inner surface. Fig. 205. Ccen- anthiiim of a species of Dorstenia, Fig. 206. Female plant of VaJiisneria spiralis, with its flowers arranged on spiral peduncles. whether axillary (fig. 192, b, b) or terminal [fig. 200), or to a floral axis which bears a number of sessile flowers [figs. 212 and 213) ; if the floral axis branches and each branch bears a flower {figs. 210 and 211), the main axis is still called B.]ped%incle, and the stalk of each flower a pedicel; or if the axis be still further subdivided, the general name of peduncle is applied to the whole, with the exception of the stalks immediately supporting the flowers, which are in all cases called pedicels. "When the floral axis is thus branched, it is better to speak of the main axis as the primary axis (fig. 211, a'), its divisions. 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 Green, J. Reynolds (Joseph Reynolds), 1848-1914. London, J. & A. Churchill
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