Poisonous plants in field and garden / by the Rev. Professor G. Henslow.

  • George Henslow
Date:
1901
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Credit: Poisonous plants in field and garden / by the Rev. Professor G. Henslow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    propose giving a general description, that the reader may be able to understand and recognize flowers by the peculiarities of their several parts. Let us take some common flower as a butter- cup, and dissect it. If the reader can procure a living specimen, it is desirable to do so ; but if not, Fig. i. Ranunculus acris; Field Buttercup. I must refer him to the accompanying diagram (Fig. i). The flower consists of four floral Whorls. The two outermost are called the Calyx, of five free sepals ; and the Corolla, of five free petals, each of which has a little honey-gland at the base. The third whorl consists of numerous Stamens, B