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Orchids: Botanical Details

A Years Botany 1874 Chapter 2 7 min read

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XV.

On ORCHIDS

APPENDIX OF TECHNICAL TERMS .

INDEX

PAGE

129

144

160

183

195

211

231

241

251 259

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LIST OF WOODCUOUTS.

. Petal of buttercup

. Dust-spike of same

. Seed-organ of same

. Split seed-pod of same

Wall-flower blossom

. Dust-spikes of same

. Split seed-pod of same

. Fruit-bearing cucumber flower

. Dust-bearing cucumber flower

. Flower of gorse

. Detached inner-covering leaves of t same . Dust-spikes of same . .

. Split seed-pod of same

. Flower of garden pea

. Large petal of same

. Dust-spikes of same

. Primrose with short seed-organ

. Primrose with long seed-organ . , . Fuchsia leaf

. Ivy leaf .

. Lily of the valley leaves

. Marsh-marigold

. Pistil of same °

Split pod of same .

Split carpel of buttercup (repeated) Young pea-pod . . Leaf-arrangement of stonecrop

Flower of same . . . ‘

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x LIST OF WOODCUTS.

FIG. PAGE 29. Split carpel of stonecrop . . . . . 45 30. Section of stonecrop pistil . . . . 45 31. Section of foxglove . . . . 48 32. Pistil of same with the calyx cut off . . . 49 38. Section of pistil of same . . . . . 49 34. Campion . . . . . 51 35. Section of staminate campion flower . . . 52 36. Pistil of campion . . . . . . 53 37. Section of campion pistil . . . . . 54 38. Split primrose pistil . . . . 55 39. Calyx and pistil of heartsease . . . . 56 40. Stamens and pistil of same . . . . 57 41. Spurred stamen of same . . . . . 58 42. Section of heartsease pistil . . . . 58 43. Fig. 7 repeated . . . . . . 60 44, Shepherd’s-purse pistil . . . . . 60 45. Dead-nettle flower . . . . . 61 46. Pistil of dead-nettle . . . . . 62 47. Stem of Herb Bennett . . . . . 67 48. Section of flower of same . . . . . 68 49." Achene of same . . . . . . 68 50. Strawberry . . . . . . 69 51. Achene of same . 2 . . 69 52. Arrangement of foliage leaves % . . . . 70 58. Same depressed . . . . . . 71 54. Arrangement of rose sepals . . . . 71 55. Section of rose. . . . . . 72 56. Rose achene . . . . . . 73 57. Fig. 24 repeated . . . . . . 73 58. Split legume of scarlet runner. . . . 74 59. Section of cherry flower . . . . . 74 60. Section of apricot . . . . . . 75 61. Section of blackberry drupel . . . . 75 62. Section of apple flower. . . . . 76 63. Section of apple. , . . . . 76 64. Sprig of hazel , . . . . . 79

  1. Staminate flower of same . . . . . 80

FIG. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

83 84.

LIST OF WOODCUTS.

Young hazel nut .

Section of same

Staminate catkin of oak

Single staminate flower of oak

Fruit of oak

Section of young acorn

Sycamore samara .

Dandelion fruit . Dandelion pistil without pappus .

Fig. 38 repeated

Ripe capsule of poppy

Same of snapdragon

Fig. 44 repeated . . Herb Robert flower . . ° Ripe capsule of same

Same of wild balsam

Flower of wild balsam

Flower of willow-herb

Ripe capsule of same .

Section of gooseberry

Section of young walnut

Mulberry . ° .

Mulberry flower

Staminate flower of fig

Pistillate flower of fig

Petal from a rose . . : Another petal from a rose

Another petal from a rose oe Petal from centre of camellia ‘ Petal of columbine Fig. 1 repeated

Fancy picture of columbine . Dried flower of water-lily . . Bat’s wing . . :

Fig. 2 repeated . , ,

Fig. 41 repeated . : . Snapdragon stamen . ;

PAGE 80 81 82 82 83 83 83 84 84 85 85 85 86 86 87 87 88 90 90 92 92 93 93 94 94 97 97 98 98 99

99 100 102 102 102 102

FIG.

126 127. 128. 129. 130. 181. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139.

LIST OF WOOBCUTS. °

Fig. 19 repeated

Half stamen, half foliage leaf Monstrous growth of tulip flower Fig. 35 repeated . Monstrous growth of rose branch Same of strawberry

Stamen of barberry

Stamen of heath

Pollen of musk

Pollen of melon

Pollen of cherry

Pollen of evening primrose Sections of pistillate and staminate primules Musk flower

Closed stigma of musk

Open stigma of musk

Fig. 16 repeated

Keel of coronilla

Flower of coronilla

Fig. 12 repeated

Flower of Salvia *plendens Section of same

Front view of stamens of 5 same Side view of same

Action of same

Older salvia flower

Soaked broad-bean Broad-bean attached to pod Split pea seed

Half a broad-bean

A growing broad-bean Section of nettle-fruit

Seed of hazel

Half of same

Seed of almond

Half of same

Seed of hemp with skin cut

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103 104 105 106 107 108 108 109 109 109 109 115 119 119 120 122 122 122 124 125 126 126 127 127 127 130 130 132 132 132 134 136 136 137 138 139

144, 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164, 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174, 175. 176.

| EIST QR WOODCUTS.

Half of hemp-seed __

Seedling of mustard |

Section of violet seed

Plantlet of Indian corn

Section of fruit of same

Young plant of goose-grass

Same of wheat . Cells of orange . ; Monocotyledonous bundle Endosmose °

String of cells

Upper cells of leaf Stomata of leaf

Section of lilac-stem (one year old) Same (two years old)

Section of apple-tree stem

Section of spurge

Spiral vessels

Longitudinal section of elm Branch spines of hawthorn Branch tendril of vine

Corm of crocus

Parasitic ranunculus

Leaf of Indian cress

Pinnate leaf of rose

Palmate leaf of horse-chestnut Outline of pinnately-veined leaf . Same of palmately-veined leaf Fig. 164 repeated .

Leaf of sweet pea .

Tendril of bryony

Pitcher plant . Flower of wild chervil > Fruit of same

Split fruit of same

Fruit of parsley Head of groundsel

PAGE 139 140 141 142 142 145 146 154 154 155 156 158 159 161 161 163 163 167 167 172 173 175 181 187 188 188 188 189 190 192 193 194 217 217 217 217 221

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FIG.

LIST OF WOODCUTS.

Floret of groundsel

Stamens of same

Floret of dandelion . Dandelion pistil without pappus . Dandelion fruit

Spurge inflorescence

Inflorescence of common arum

Field wood-rush

Single flower of same . Flower of cotton-sedge_ . ; Panicle of quake-grass

Flower of same

Fruit of same

Flower of helmet-orchis

Front view of same

Pollen-mass of same

Plan of same . . . . Head of bee emerging with pollen-masses Head of bee a minute afterwards . .

PAGE 221 223 225 226 227 229 232 235 235 237 238 239 239 241 249 243 244 245 246

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