Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost.

  • William Bingley
Date:
1831
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Credit: Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and supports the flowers and not the leaves, as in narcissus, primrose, and hyacinth [3] ..... 58 [4.] A Peduncle, or Flower-stalk, is a partial trunk, springing from the stem and supporting the flowers, but not the leaves [15 a] . . . . 59 The Flower-stalk is, 1. Axillary, when it grows from the bosom of a leaf, that is, betwixt the leaf and the stem, as in the great hairy willow herb (epilobium hirsutum) Canterbury bells, and many others [26] ... gO 2. Opposite to a leaf (oppositifolius) as in dove's-foot crane's-bill (geranium molle) [27] 61 3. Gemmaceous, or growing out of a leaf- bud, as in barberry [28] • • . 62 4. Terminal, when it terminates a stem or branch, as in wild tulip (tulipa sylvestris) 63 5. Lateral, when situated on the side of a stem or branch, as in Cornish heath (erica vagans) [29] • • • . . 64 6. Solitary, either single on a plant, as in the mountain bramble (rubus chamsemorus), or c