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BOTANY 



PART II 



Fig. 588. — HeUanthemum vulgare (A nat. size). 



Fig. 580. ^Floral diagram of 

 HeUanthemum vubjare. (Cist- 

 aceae.) (Eichler.) 



gamous flowers which are 

 self- fertilised (cf. p. 499). 

 Viola tricolor, the Wild 

 Pansy, has large piu- 

 nately - divided stipules 

 hardly smaller tlian the 

 leaf- blade itself. 



Family 3. Tern- 

 stromiaceae. — Tropical 

 and sub-tropical. Herbs, 

 shrubs, or trees, with 

 alternate, simple, leathery 

 leaves. Flowers regular ; 

 aestivation imbricate; 

 sometimes with indistinct 

 separation of calyx and 

 corolla. Stamens numer- 

 ous. Ovary septate. 2'hcu 

 chinensis (Fig. 592) is a 

 small evergreen tree or 

 shrub, native to soutlicrn 



Fig. 5W.— Viola tn-ivulur. A, Kiitire plant (reducod) ; .st, stipiilRS. 

 }i, A stamen, enlarged ; c, connective ; nt, nectary. C, Gynac- 

 ceum, enlarged ; n, stigma. D, Transverse section of ovary. 

 K, Fruit (nat. size). 



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