An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany - Or, a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution, of the Whole Vegetable Kingdom (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ... uvula, a regular imbricated calyx, and pitcher-shaped leaves. Anomalies. The direction of the radicle uncertain. Essential Charactee.--.FYotreri dioecious. Calyx 4-leaved, inferior, oppositely imbricated iu sestivation. Stamens cohering in a solid column, bearing at the apex about 16 anthers, collected in various directions in one head; anthers 2-ceUed, opening longitudinally and externally. Ovarium superior, 4-cornercd, 4 celled, with an idefinite number of ascending ovulea attached to the aides of the dissepiments; stigma sessile, simple. FYuil capsular. 4-celled. 4-valved, with the seeds sticking to the sides of the dissepiments, which proceed: iom the middle of the valves. Seeds indefinite, very minute, fusiform, with a lax outer integument; Albumen oblong, much less than the seed, lying about the middle of the outer integument; embryo in the midst of fleshy albumen, with 2 cotyledons placed face to face; (radicle turned towards the hilum. Ad. Brongn. JVees von Esenbeck; turned to the extremity opposite the hilum, Richard).--Herbaceous or half-shrubby caulescent plants. Leaves alternate, slightly sheathing at the base, with a dilated foliaceous petiole, pitcher-shaped at the end, which is articulated with a lid-like lamina. Racemes terminal, dense, many-flowered. Affinities. The relation that is borne by the highly curious plants which this order contains was not even guessed at until M. Adolphe Brongniart pointed out a resemblance between them and Cytineae, which had not before been suspected, but which he considered so important as to justify him in placing it in the same order. While we admit the ingenuity with which this opinion is sustained, it is impossible to agree with M. Brongniart in the conclusion at which he has arrived. To say nothing of th..

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Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
Release date:	March 2015
Authors:	John Lindley
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	430
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07665-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General
LSN:	1-108-07665-3
Barcode:	9781108076654

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