. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 144 ELEMENTS OP BOTANY. number in every case is a multiple of the smallest number found in any set. The stonecrop is symmetrical, since it has five sepals, five petals, ten stamens, and five carpels. Eoses, mallows, and mignonette are familiar examples of flowers. I II Fig. 118.—Flower of Stonecrop. I, entire flower (magnified); II, vertical section (magnified). which are unsymmetrical because they have a large indefinite number of stamens ; the Portulaca is unsymmetrical since it has two divisions of the calyx, five or six petals, and seven to twenty stam
. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 144 ELEMENTS OP BOTANY. number in every case is a multiple of the smallest number found in any set. The stonecrop is symmetrical, since it has five sepals, five petals, ten stamens, and five carpels. Eoses, mallows, and mignonette are familiar examples of flowers. I II Fig. 118.—Flower of Stonecrop. I, entire flower (magnified); II, vertical section (magnified). which are unsymmetrical because they have a large indefinite number of stamens ; the Portulaca is unsymmetrical since it has two divisions of the calyx, five or six petals, and seven to twenty stamens. Fig. 119. — Irregular Corolla of Laburnum. I, side view; II, front view. 177. The Receptacle.—.The parts of the flower are borne on an expansion of the peduncle, called the receptacle. Usually, as in the flower of the grape, Fig. 145, this is only a slight enlargement of the peduncle, but in the lotus and the magnolia the receptacle is of great size, particularly after the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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