. Elementary botany. Botany. PLANT FAMILIES: LABIA TAL. 287 these form four nutlets. The leaves are rounded, crenate on the margins, the lower ones petioled and heart- shaped, and the upper ones sessile and clasp- ing around the stem beneath the flower clusters. From the clasping character of the upper leaves the plant derives its specific name of amplexi- caule. The plant occurs in waste places and is rather Fig. 3»5- Diagram of lamium flower. CONTORTS. 548. The gentian family (gentianaceae).—The gentians usually appear late in the summer or autumn. The fringed gentian (fig. 386) lin


. Elementary botany. Botany. PLANT FAMILIES: LABIA TAL. 287 these form four nutlets. The leaves are rounded, crenate on the margins, the lower ones petioled and heart- shaped, and the upper ones sessile and clasp- ing around the stem beneath the flower clusters. From the clasping character of the upper leaves the plant derives its specific name of amplexi- caule. The plant occurs in waste places and is rather Fig. 3»5- Diagram of lamium flower. CONTORTS. 548. The gentian family (gentianaceae).—The gentians usually appear late in the summer or autumn. The fringed gentian (fig. 386) lingers often. 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 Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt


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