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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    only one in the same place, as in many com- mon plants ...... 65 7. Clustered (aggregati pedunculi), when several flower-stalks grow together, as in dark mullein (verbascum nigrum) ... 66 8. Scattered (sparsi), dispersed irregularly over the plant or branches, as in perennial Jlax (linum perenne) 67 9. Uniflorous, biflorous, triflorous, &c. and multiflorous, bearing one, two, three, &c. and many flowers 68 10. Sessile, when there is no flower-stalk, as in the star thistle (centaurea calcitrapa) . 69 [5.~\ A Petiole, or Leaf-stalk, is a partial trunk, supporting the leaf, but not the flowers . . • • • 70 [6.] A Frond is composed of a branch and leaves blended together, and is frequently united with the fructification, as in the ferns [30] . • • • • . 71 [7.] A Stipe is the stem of a Frond [SOa]. This term is also applied to the stalk of a fungus, as of the common mushroom [31a] 72