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The British flora; in two volumes. Vol. I., comprising the Phaenogamous, or flowering plants, and the ferns / [Sir William Jackson Hooker].

  • William Jackson Hooker
Date:
1842
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Credit: The British flora; in two volumes. Vol. I., comprising the Phaenogamous, or flowering plants, and the ferns / [Sir William Jackson Hooker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    or column, above the germen. 2 stamens. These two Orders include the OrcuipEx, Gen. 1—14. See p. 362. Ord. II]. Hexanpria. 6 stamens. at the base, the mouth dilated on one side. Stigma with 6 lobes. Capsule inferior, with 6 cells. p. 290. wo Gr Jlowers on the same plant. Ord. I. Monanpria. 1 stamen. . Eupnorsta. Jnvolucre of | piece, including several barren flowers, and | fertile-—Barr. fl. A single stamen without calyx or corolla. — Fert. fl. A single pistil without calyx'(or rarely a very minute one) or corolla. Germen 3-lobed. Styles 3, cleft. Caps. 3- seeded. p. 292. - Cauuirricue. Barren fl. Perianth single, of 2 leaves (they are, rather, 2 bracteas) or none. Anther of | cell.— Fert. fl. Germen 4-lobed, lobes laterally compressed, indehiscent, with 4: 1-seeded cells; |p. 115; : ZANNICHELLIA. Barren fl. Perianth none.—Fert. fl. Perianth single, of 1 leaf: Germens 4 or more. Style 1. Stigma peltate. Capsules nearly sessile. p. 344. » ZostERA. Stamens and pistils inserted in 2 rows upon one side of a spadix. Spatha foliaceous. Anthers ovate, sessile, alternating with the germens. Germen ovate. Style bifid. Fruit with 1 seed (bursting vertically : Wilson). p. 343. (For Cuara, see Cl. Cryprocamra.) Ord. II]. Dranpria. 2 stamens. (See Cauiirricue in Ord. I.; Carex in Ord, III.) Ord. III. Trranpria. 3 stamens. catkins, — Barren fl. Perianth 0. Stam. 3 together upon a chaffy or hairy receptacle, united below into 1 filament. — Fert, Jt. Perianth 0. Pericarp pedicellate, surrounded at the base with hairs resembling a pappus. p. 336. - Sparcanium. Flowers in spherical dense heads. — Barren fl. Perianth single, of 3 leaves. — Fertile fl. Perianth single, of 3 leaves. Drupe dry, with 1 seed. p. 336. ' From yuvy and avyp, implying an union of the stamen and pistil. 2 From povos, one, and oucos, a house,
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