. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 244 [part ii. together; and, when buds enveloped in one long spathe-like bract, as shown in Jig. 105. The ovaries grow close ripe, the carpels, which look like the scales of a fir-cone (see fig. 106), burst by a slit down the back; and the seeds, which are covered with a red juicy pulp, burst out, and hang down by a long white thread, which in the course of a few days withers away. The princi- pal species of American Magnolias
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 244 [part ii. together; and, when buds enveloped in one long spathe-like bract, as shown in Jig. 105. The ovaries grow close ripe, the carpels, which look like the scales of a fir-cone (see fig. 106), burst by a slit down the back; and the seeds, which are covered with a red juicy pulp, burst out, and hang down by a long white thread, which in the course of a few days withers away. The princi- pal species of American Magnolias are the ever- green Magnolia, or Big Laurel {M. grandifiora) ; the Umbrella Tree (M. tripetala)^ which grows like a shrub with several stems rising from the ground ; the Cucumber-tree (M. acuminata)^ the flowers of which are bluish and the leaves pointed; Beaver wood (M. glauca), the flowers of which are small, and the leaves covered with a glaucous bloom ; M. auriculata, M. pyramidata and M. inacrophylla^ which are nearly allied to the Cu- cumber-tree ; and M. cordata, the flowers of which are yellowish. All these Magnohas produce their leaves before their flowers; and in this also they. Fig. 106.—Thk ripe fruit axd seeds of the evergreen 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 Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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