SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 





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Fig. A. Clariia elegans; a, in- 

 ferior, sessile ovarj- of the axil- 

 laryflower. Fig. B. Boisduvalia 

 densiflora; f, inferior ovary, ses- 

 sile in the axil of a brjct. Fig. 

 C. Capsule of Godetia; h, cross 

 section of the same. Fig. D. 

 Epilobium panicnlalum; h, in- 

 ferior ovary; /, a grown capsule; 

 g, tube of calyx above the ovary; 

 e, one of the bifid petals; i, one 

 cf the seeds bearing a tuft of 

 silken hairs. 



The figure on the right rep- 

 resents Cardamine paucisecta, 

 a pod of which is represented at 

 e on the opposite page. 



scription of which (p. 60) is satisfactory. Our plant is acaulescent or stemless; therefore, 

 according to the book, the calyx tube is filiform (slender) above the underground ovary. 

 This being verified by examination, there can be little doubt that the plant is (Enothera 

 ovata. You now see that the flowers, instead of growing upon scapes, are sessile upon 

 the end of a root-stock. The apparent flower stem is the slender calyx tube and style 

 consolidated. "When you plucked the flower, the ovary was left under the gi^ound. Xo 

 wonder you could not find it. Later in the season you will find other plants belonging 

 to this order; then the figures above will help you. 



The figure at the right above represents the upper part of a plant which usually groMS 

 in moist places. The white flowers have four separate sepals; four jietals; six stamens in 

 two sets, two being shorter and otherw-ise different from the other four, and one pistil. 



