PRACTICAL BOTANY. 



PLATE YIII. 



1, Lobelia inflata, a piece of the flowering stem, the 

 natural size ; la, the connate filaments and anthers, en- 

 closing tlie style, the free part of calyx and the corolla cut 

 awaj from the calyx-tube ; 15, a flower detached ; both 

 figures magnified. 



2, Campanula rotundifolia, part of the stem with a 

 flower ; 2a, a radical leaf ; 25, a flower with the corolla 

 removed ; all of the natural size ; 2(?, a stamen with the 

 filament broad and membranaceous at the base, magnified. 



3, Specularia perfoliata, the upper part of the stem in 

 flower ; Za, a capsule, crowned with the calyx-teeth, open- 

 ing by two small lateral valves ; both the natural size. 



4, Yaccinium corymbosum, a raceme of flowers, the na- 

 tural size ; 4a, a stamen ; 45, cross-section of a berry ; both 

 figures magnified. 



5, Stamen of Yaccinium uliginosum ; 5fl^, one of Cas- 

 siope ; 55, one of Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi ; all magnified. 



6, Kalmia latifolia, part of a corymb of flowers ; 6«, 

 the fruit — both the natural size. 



7,Pyrola rotundifolia, part of the raceme of flowers, 

 the natural size ; 7«^, a stamen magnified ; 75, the pistil 

 in the calyx toward maturity, the natural size. 



8, Monotropa uniflora, a small stem in flower; Sa, a 

 petal ; 85, cross-section of the 5-celled capsule. 



9, Halesia tetraptera, a flower of the natural size. 



10, Primula farinosa, an umbel of flowers, the natural 

 size ; 10a, vertical section of the ovary and of the free 

 central placenta, covered with ovules, magnified. 



11, Plantago major, very much reduced in size ; 11a, a 

 fiower ; 115, pyxis with the marcescent corolla, the upper 

 part falling off like a lid ; both figures magnified. 



