Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom / prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education by Professor Oliver ; the plates by W.H. Fitch.

  • Daniel Oliver
Date:
1874
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Credit: Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom / prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education by Professor Oliver ; the plates by W.H. Fitch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Natural Order RESEDACEiE. Tab. 7. Diagnosis. — Herbs with alternate often tufted leaves. Petals usually palmately divided. Stamens inserted upon a one-sided hypogynous disk. Pistil syncarpous, with parietal placentation. Seeds exalbuminous. Distribution.—A small Order principally confined to countries bordering the Mediterranean, with several species throughout Central Europe, and a few extending eastward to India. One British Genus ; Species, 2. Flowers racemose, usually irregular; bracteate. Sepals 4 to 8. Petals 4 to 8 ; in Mignonette {Reseda) unequal, with a broad claw and multifid limb. Stamens indefinite ; often few. Fruit opening at the apex before the seeds are ripe in Mignonette. USES, &c.—None of the Order are of much economic importance. Weld or Dyer’s Mignonette {Reseda Luteola) is used as a yellow dye. Sweet Mignonette is a universal garden favourite; it has not been satisfactorily recognised in the wild state, though some very near allies are indigenous in the Levant.
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