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... Floral Envelopes .... ............... ... XII . Male Organs - Stamens .. ............... .. XIII . Disk ....... XIV . Female Organs - Pistil ......... XV . Ovule .......... XVI . Fruit ......... XVII ...
... Floral Envelopes .... ............... ... XII . Male Organs - Stamens .. ............... .. XIII . Disk ....... XIV . Female Organs - Pistil ......... XV . Ovule .......... XVI . Fruit ......... XVII ...
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... floral envelopes or sexual apparatus . 144. Notwithstanding this difference , a leaf - bud sometimes indicates a tendency to become a flower - bud ; and flower - buds frequently assume the characters of leaf - buds ; Ex . Monstrous ...
... floral envelopes or sexual apparatus . 144. Notwithstanding this difference , a leaf - bud sometimes indicates a tendency to become a flower - bud ; and flower - buds frequently assume the characters of leaf - buds ; Ex . Monstrous ...
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... floral envelopes and sexes . 228. As every flower - bud proceeds from the axil of a leaf , either fully developed or rudimentary , it therefore occupies exactly the same position with respect to the leaf as a leaf - bud . 229. The leaf ...
... floral envelopes and sexes . 228. As every flower - bud proceeds from the axil of a leaf , either fully developed or rudimentary , it therefore occupies exactly the same position with respect to the leaf as a leaf - bud . 229. The leaf ...
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... floral envelopes , and sexes , are subject to exactly the same laws of arrangement as regularly formed leaves . 247. The modes in which the flower - buds are arranged are called forms of inflorescence ; and the order in which they ...
... floral envelopes , and sexes , are subject to exactly the same laws of arrangement as regularly formed leaves . 247. The modes in which the flower - buds are arranged are called forms of inflorescence ; and the order in which they ...
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... FLORAL ENVELOPES . 277. The Floral Envelopes are the parts which immediately surround the sexual organs . 278. They are formed of one or more whorls of bracts , and are therefore modified leaves ( 229. ) . 279. In anatomical structure ...
... FLORAL ENVELOPES . 277. The Floral Envelopes are the parts which immediately surround the sexual organs . 278. They are formed of one or more whorls of bracts , and are therefore modified leaves ( 229. ) . 279. In anatomical structure ...
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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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