. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. Fig. 526. The Harebell, the whole plant 7. Ovary of Canterbury Bells, with/ a broad filament, n, an anther, and p^ the hairy style. 8. A cross-section of the curious 5-celled seed- vessel, 2 placentre in each cell. 9. Seed cut open, showing the largre embryo. Fig. 530. Flower of American Bellwort Fig. 531. Flower of Patent Bellwort. § Corolla wheel-shaped, flat, in leafy spikes 1,2 § Corolla bell-shaped, &c., broadly or narrowly a a Flowers on slender pedicels


. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. Fig. 526. The Harebell, the whole plant 7. Ovary of Canterbury Bells, with/ a broad filament, n, an anther, and p^ the hairy style. 8. A cross-section of the curious 5-celled seed- vessel, 2 placentre in each cell. 9. Seed cut open, showing the largre embryo. Fig. 530. Flower of American Bellwort Fig. 531. Flower of Patent Bellwort. § Corolla wheel-shaped, flat, in leafy spikes 1,2 § Corolla bell-shaped, &c., broadly or narrowly a a Flowers on slender pedicels, solitary or panicled b a Flowers sessile or nearly so. Stem erect. Gardens 7-9 b Flowers large (6-12" broad). Eoot leaves unlike tlie stem leaves 3, 4 b Flowers small (S-S" broad). Leaves all similar in form o, 6 1 O. America'na. American B. Stem tall (2-4:f.). Leaves pointed at ends, smooth. 2 0, planiflo'ra. Stem low (7-12'), simple. Lvs. thick, shining, obtnse, or acute, t 8 O. rotundifo'lia. Harebell. Stem weak. Koot lvs. roundish, stem lvs. linear. 4 0. persicifo'lia. Peach B. Stem erect. Leaves lance-linear. Flowers very broad, t 5 O. aparinoi'des. Bedstraw B. Stem reclining, rough backwards. Flowers white. 6 0. divarica'ta. Patent B. Erect. Panicle wide. Leaves toothed. Fls. blue. S. 7 0. glomera'ta. Flowers crowded above, funnel-shaped. Plant smooth, t 8 0. me'dium. Ganterbury B. Flowers distant, very large, obtuse at base, t V 0. lanugino'sa. WooUy B. Flowers scattered, rather large, acute at base. +. 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. A. Barnes


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