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THE CROSSING OF FLOWERS. 



codendron), Laurels (e.g. Laurus nobilis and Sassafras), many Docks (e.g. Rumex 

 alpinus and obtusifolius), the Wall Pellitory (Parietaria), and also some Saxi- 

 frages (e.g. Saxifraga controversa and tridactylites). 



The ninth group consists of species whose individuals each bear true hernia- 

 phrodite flowers along with true pistillate and true staminate flowers. The Ash 



(Fraxinus excelsior; 



see fig. 230, p. 138) is 

 an example of this 

 group. 



Now come the 

 groups whose species 

 contain two or three 

 kinds of flowers dis- 

 tributed on two or 

 several 2'>l<^nts. 



Species belonging 

 to the tenth group 

 bear true hermaphro- 

 dite flowers on one 

 plant and pseudo- 

 hermaphrodite female 

 flowers on another. 

 Examples of this are: 

 numerous Valerians 

 (e.g. Valeriana mon- 

 tana, Saliunca, su- 

 jnna), some Dipsacese 

 (e.g. Scabiosa lucida, 

 Knautia arvensis), 

 many Saxifrages (e.g. 

 Saxifraga aquatica), 

 the cultivated Vine 

 Fig. 286.— Type of a monoecious plant. ( Vitis vinifera), many 



■ Oak (Qtiercus pedunculata); pistillate flowers on the upper part of the twig, stamin.ite CaryophyllaCeCB (e.g. 

 flowers (in penjent catkins) below. 2 a single pistillate (lower of the same pKint. n' 41 1 ' 1' 



s Three stamiuate flowers of the same plant. ' nat. size; 2 and 3 x 4. JJiantflllS glaCiatlS 



and prolifer. Lychnis 

 Viscaria, Silene noctiflora), and, especially, very many Labiatse (e.g. Calamintha, 

 Glechoma, Marrubium, Mentlia, Origanum, Prunella, Thymus). 



In the eleventh group we place those plants which develop true hermaphrodite 

 flowers on one plant and pseudo-hermaphrodite male flowers on another, as, for 

 example, numerous Ranunculacefe (e.g. Ranunculus baldensis, Pidsatilla alpina, 

 vernalis, Ranuncidus alpestris, glacialis), many Rosacea (e.g.Dryas octopetala, Geum 

 montanuin and reptans), and many species of Vine (e.g. Vitis sylvestris, macrocirrha). 



