. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. I ;-⢠FLOWERS OF THEi FIELD AND FIG. Another dweller in swampy lands is fe Yvt'T*J'i'* Aâ¢"-â¢* triirayllun, 1. *⢠,â ''â ,' Delighting m rich black nioulJ beneath the shade of trees, at his feet a carpet of niosa, the quaint little preacher stands in his puriilegrcen pulpit overarch ed by a graceful striped canopy. The plant has a round underground stem, termed a corm (Fig. XX., 4). which is reiilaced by a new one at the end of each season's groWth The wrinkl
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. I ;-⢠FLOWERS OF THEi FIELD AND FIG. Another dweller in swampy lands is fe Yvt'T*J'i'* Aâ¢"-â¢* triirayllun, 1. *⢠,â ''â ,' Delighting m rich black nioulJ beneath the shade of trees, at his feet a carpet of niosa, the quaint little preacher stands in his puriilegrcen pulpit overarch ed by a graceful striped canopy. The plant has a round underground stem, termed a corm (Fig. XX., 4). which is reiilaced by a new one at the end of each season's groWth The wrinkled corm is full of an acnd juice' the unpleasant properties of which are dis- pelled by boiling, rendering the plant a favourite dish with Indians, hence its other popular name, Indian turnip. From the corm spring one or two green leaves each divided into three leaflets, and the stalk which bears the flower-cluster. Like .â " couiiii, the skunk-cabbage. Jack arranges ins flowers on a fleshy spadix, which is however elongated and naked at the ton iSt ''yy ^d'' 5'°°" *' ">« â¢>»« only (fig. AA., J). Bonding gracefully over the spadix, IS a thin, hood-Eke, green apathe. PIO. ,PULPIT. Htriped or spotted with purple. The flowers have neither calyx nor corolla, and are of two kinds, the one composed of several closely united anthers, the outer of a single pistil with a brush-like ntigma, com- posed of delicate spreading hairs. The two may occur on one spadix, the pistillate flowers at the base, the etaminate just above. But m order to ensure crosspollin- ation steps towards the com],lete separ- ation of the two kinds of flowers have been taken. It will be noticed that some plants are larger than the .vcrage, while others are smaller and possess only one leaf. The latter bear staminate flowers exclusivclv and as soon as the pollen is shed, spatlie and spadix wither away, and the plant pro- ceeds at once to prepare for
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