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... Stamens .. ............... .. XIII . Disk ....... XIV . Female Organs - Pistil ......... XV . Ovule .......... XVI . Fruit ......... XVII . Seed ...... XVIII . Flowerless Plants ......... XIX . Systems . XX . Linnean Artificial ...
... Stamens .. ............... .. XIII . Disk ....... XIV . Female Organs - Pistil ......... XV . Ovule .......... XVI . Fruit ......... XVII . Seed ...... XVIII . Flowerless Plants ......... XIX . Systems . XX . Linnean Artificial ...
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... stamens ( 302. ) , and of carpels ( 354. ) ; in all of which situations they are generally undeveloped ; for these different organs are all modifications of leaves . 149. They are frequently not called into action , even in the axils of ...
... stamens ( 302. ) , and of carpels ( 354. ) ; in all of which situations they are generally undeveloped ; for these different organs are all modifications of leaves . 149. They are frequently not called into action , even in the axils of ...
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... stamens sometimes spring up when touched , and the sudden collapse of many leaves when stimulated . 204. 6. The apparently spontaneous oscillation of the labellum of some Orchideous plants . 204. c . The expansion of flowers and leaves ...
... stamens sometimes spring up when touched , and the sudden collapse of many leaves when stimulated . 204. 6. The apparently spontaneous oscillation of the labellum of some Orchideous plants . 204. c . The expansion of flowers and leaves ...
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... stamens are neither equal to them in number , nor any power of them , a flower is said to be un- symmetrical . 294. When the petals are so arranged , that of five the upper- most is dilated , the two lateral ones contracted and parallel ...
... stamens are neither equal to them in number , nor any power of them , a flower is said to be un- symmetrical . 294. When the petals are so arranged , that of five the upper- most is dilated , the two lateral ones contracted and parallel ...
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... STAMENS . 302. The whorl of organs immediately within the petals , is com- posed of bodies called stamens , which are considered the male apparatus of plants . 303. They consist of a bundle of spiral vessels surrounded by cellular ...
... STAMENS . 302. The whorl of organs immediately within the petals , is com- posed of bodies called stamens , which are considered the male apparatus of plants . 303. They consist of a bundle of spiral vessels surrounded by cellular ...
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3d Edit abortive absent Acrid Acrogens affinities albumen Alliance Anthers apex Apocarpous Aromatic arranged Astringent axils axis bark base botanists Botany bracts buds called calyx carpels Carpels solitary cells cellular tissue characters cloth coloured concentric layers connected consists corolla cotyledons dehiscence developed Dicotyledonous dissepiments Ditto elongation embryo Endogens Engravings Epigynosæ epigynous Estivation Exogenous plants Fcap floral envelopes flower-buds Flowers unisexual formed Fruit eatable genera germination Gymnospermæ hilum HISTORY hypogynous imbricated indehiscent indusium inflorescence integument involucre lamina latter leaf leaf-buds leaves Maps margins medullary system membranous MEMOIRS Menispermaceæ modifications monopetalous natural nucleus one-celled operculum organs ovary ovule oxygen parietal pedicel peduncle pericarp petals petiole pistil pith Pittosporales placenta Plates Polyandrous polypetalous radicle Rhizantheæ root Seeds sepals separate sometimes spiral vessels Stamens Stamens distinct stem stigma stipules stomates style SUBCLASS succulent sup.-roy Syncarpous Thecæ tonic Tubiferosæ vascular vascular tissue veins vesicles Vols whorl wood woody tissue
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