Lessons in Elementary Botany: The Part of Systematic Botany Based Upon Material Left in Manuscript by the Late Professor Henslow |
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... flowers . The receptacle of the flower . 5. The sepals ; forming the calyx . 6. The petals ; forming the corolla . 7. The stamens ; bearing anthers which contain pollen - grains . The stamens are hypogynous . 8. The carpels ; each ...
... flowers . The receptacle of the flower . 5. The sepals ; forming the calyx . 6. The petals ; forming the corolla . 7. The stamens ; bearing anthers which contain pollen - grains . The stamens are hypogynous . 8. The carpels ; each ...
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... flower . All the branches , also , end in flowers or flower - buds . The stem , we find , ascends ; is coloured green , and is herbaceous in texture ; it bears foliage - leaves and ends in a flower . 3. FOLIAGE - LEAVES . - I use the ...
... flower . All the branches , also , end in flowers or flower - buds . The stem , we find , ascends ; is coloured green , and is herbaceous in texture ; it bears foliage - leaves and ends in a flower . 3. FOLIAGE - LEAVES . - I use the ...
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... flower , so that all the parts are in close juxtaposition . This is characteristic of flowers . The top of the flower- bearing stem , from which the flower - leaves collectively spring , is called the receptacle , or floral receptacle ...
... flower , so that all the parts are in close juxtaposition . This is characteristic of flowers . The top of the flower- bearing stem , from which the flower - leaves collectively spring , is called the receptacle , or floral receptacle ...
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... flower , five separate outer leaves arranged in a whorl ; small , coloured yellow , and either spreading or sharply ... flower are singly termed calyx- leaves or Sepals ; together they form the Calyx of the flower . The sepals being free ...
... flower , five separate outer leaves arranged in a whorl ; small , coloured yellow , and either spreading or sharply ... flower are singly termed calyx- leaves or Sepals ; together they form the Calyx of the flower . The sepals being free ...
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... flower . 6. Characters are derived from the reproductive organs , which form the principal practical basis of classification . I. WE E have already seen in the case of our butter- cup that the flower results in a head of fruit- carpels ...
... flower . 6. Characters are derived from the reproductive organs , which form the principal practical basis of classification . I. WE E have already seen in the case of our butter- cup that the flower results in a head of fruit- carpels ...
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