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now I'LANTS AUK rUOPAfJATED. 



! -h 



corolla." V'\}^. 195 is tliocoiojla of Moitiin^' (Jlorv laiil npou, to show (ho stnmons 

 inst'itt'il oil it, i.r., ^'fown fast, to it, towaids tin- bottom. Wo may «'Von hav»» tho 

 ^Sftiniriin iiiscrtrif on f/ir Hhjlr, that is, united uith it even up to th«* sti<,'inH. 

 It is so ill th(( Orchis family. 



21H. Gyiiinosperiiious oc Open and Naked -seeded Pistils. This is the vci-y peculiar 



pistfl wliicji lu'lon^'s to i'iiu's, SpruccH, (Jcdiirs, md all that family of plants; and 

 it is th(f simplest of all. l''or here the |>istil is an open leaf or scale, hearing' two 

 or threo ovuli's on its upper or inner surfac»\ i'lach scale of a Pine-cono is an 

 open pistil, and the ovuh's, instead of hein^ eiiclo.sed in an ovary which forms a 



pod, are naked, and exposed to (he j)()llen shed by the 

 stameii-heariiif,' flowers, which falls dii-ecdy upon (horn. 

 Fi<,'. 196 is a \ iew of the ujijier side of an open pistil or 

 scale from a formin;,' Larch-cone, at tlowerinj(-time, show- 

 iwii the (wo ovules home oil the face of it, o e on e.ach 

 side near the liottoin. Kit,'. K); is the .smiu' <j;rown lar<;er, 

 the o\ ules Ix'comin;^' .seeds, ^\'hen ripe and dry, tlio scales 

 turn hack, and tho naked seeds jieel oil" and fall ;tWiiy. 



219. Plants which have such o|)en .scales for pistils accordin<,dy take the 

 name of 



CIy.m.vospkumous or AViAv7/-.s'^vvA'f/. The Pine family is the principal example 

 of tlu^ kind (see p. 205). All odier tloworin^' plaids are 



ANiiiosi'KH.Mors, (hat is, have their ovules and .seeds produced in a soed-vessel 

 of somo .sort. 



Analysis o*f the Section. 



168. Armii<;omi'nt of Flowers, or Inflorescence. 169. Simntioii of Flowcr-lmds : torniiiuil ami 

 nxill.iry. 170. Solitary (loweis. 171. Flowei-clti^tfrs. 172. I'.racts and ]irilct]o^^<. 173, 174, 

 IMosvcr-stalks : IN'duiicle and Tedicels. J73. Kiiid.s of Flower-clusters, 176. Haceine ; order of 

 openinjjof the blo.ssoni.s. 177. Corymb. 178. TTnilnl. 179. Comparison with lliiccme, &c. 180. 

 Head. 181. Comparison with the TTnihel, iind, 182. the Spike. 183. Catkin or Ament. 184. Spadix. 

 185. Its Spatlie. 186. Involucie. 187. Compound Clusters ; Umbellets ; Involucel. 188. Panicle j 

 Tliyrse. 189. Cyme. 190. Fascicle. 



191. Flowers: their parts illustrated by the Stonccrop : 192. A i)attcrn flower. 793. Leaves of 

 flower or I'erianth. i!)4. I'etal; its lilade and Claw. 195. Stamen; its parts. 19^1. I'ollen > its 

 Btructiire and use. 197. Pistil; its parts. 198. Nature of the flower; its parts answer to leaves. 

 198". How a stamen answeis to a le.if. 199. How a pistil answers to a leaf : Placenta. 



200. Sorts of Flowers : one gener.1l idan : 201. Varied in several ways. 202. Complete flower. 

 203. Perfectflower. 204. Incomplete flower : apetalous ; naked. 205. Imperfect or separated flowers t 

 Btamiuate or sterile ; pistillate or fertile ; inoneecious, clicecious, or polygamous. 206. Neutral flowers. 



