. 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. INFLORESCENCB. 6^ in the peony, el g., that no absolute limits can be assigned. Equally gradual is the transition from bracts to sepals of the flower—affording a beautiful illustration of the doctrine of metamorphosis, (374.) Bracts will be further considered under the head of 184 188 Bnwt8 188, Plnckneya pubcns; 6, colored bracts (radiate sepals). 184, Zornia tetraphylla j S, bracts (enlarged stipules). CHAP
. 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. INFLORESCENCB. 6^ in the peony, el g., that no absolute limits can be assigned. Equally gradual is the transition from bracts to sepals of the flower—affording a beautiful illustration of the doctrine of metamorphosis, (374.) Bracts will be further considered under the head of 184 188 Bnwt8 188, Plnckneya pubcns; 6, colored bracts (radiate sepals). 184, Zornia tetraphylla j S, bracts (enlarged stipules). CHAPTER IX. INFLORESCENCE. 320. The fiujotions of plant-mfb abe two-fold, namely, vegetation and re- production ; the former looking to the preservation of the individual plant itself the latter to the species. Corresponding with this view, there are also two claeseB of organs. Having considered the former class, that is, the organs of vegetation, we come now to the organs of reproduction, including the flower, the fruit, and the seed. 321. Inflorescence is a term denoting the arrangement of the flowers, and their position upon the plant. 322. Origin of flower buds. All the buds of a plant are supposed to be originally of one and the same nature, looking to the production of vegetative organs only. But at a certain period, a portion of the buds of the living plant, by an unerring instinct little understood, are converted from their ordinary intention into flower buds. 323. Peoop of this theory. That this is the origin of the flower bud is evident from the known effects of cultivation, causing it to revert partly or wholly to its former intention, aa in the green rose, when the petals, &a, all return tp leaves; 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.
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