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BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS 



Plate XIX. Facing page 48 

 Mountain Geranium — Geranium pyrenaicum (page 47) 



Fig. 1. Plant (reduced) 



,, 2. Flower (natural size) 



„ 3. Calyx 



„ 4. Sepals with scent-gland 



,, 5. The 10 stamens ; the 5 upper ones have 



already shed their pollen 



„ 6. Pistil 



,, 7. Seed capsule enclosed in calyx 



„ 8. Achene with appendage 



„ 9. Seed (enlarged) 



Plate XX. Facing page 48 



Procumbent Oxalis — Oralis corniculata (page 4Q) 



Fig. 1. Plant (reduced) 

 „ 2. Flower (natural size) 

 ,, 3. Calyx 

 ,, 4. Stamens 

 „ 5. Pistil 

 ,, 6. Seed capsule 

 ,, 7 and 8. Seeds enclosed in a transparent 



membranous covering 

 ,, 9. Seeds stripped of their covering 



Plate XXI. Facing page 50 

 Flax — Linum usitatissimum (page jo) 



Fig. 1. Plant (reduced) 



2. Flower (upper-surface — natural size) 



3. Flower (under-surface) 



4. Calyx 



5. Pistil and stamens in natural position 



6. Stamens spread out 



7. Stamen from an unopened flower 



8. Pistil 



9. Unripe capsule 

 1 1. Section of ripe capsule 

 10 and 12. Seeds 



Plate XXII. Facing page 50 

 Spindle Tree — Euonymus etiropaus (page ji) 



Fig. 1. Flowering branch (reduced) 



2. Flower (upper-surface) 



3. Flower (lower-surface — enlarged) 

 4 and 5. Calyx 



6. Pistil and disc with 4 nectaries 



7. Style 



8. Stamen 



