THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE. 



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THE FIFTH 



[Dec. 



THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY 



Structural ana Ptesfoloflfcal* 



With a copious Glossary of Terms. The whole Illustrated with nearly Seven Hundred Woodcuts 

 BY JOHN LINDLEY, Ph.d., F.R.S. 



Botamcal Work, IfMjwta™. of rtich - School Item,- aod « T„ E V E « BT .E tE K, MM »- 



. Of the Elementary Organs. 



Contents. 

 PART I. 



Chap. 9. Of Food and Secretior 



10. Of the Motions of Flu 



1 1. Of the Flower-Bud 



12. Of the Inflorescence. 



13. Of the Floral Enveloi 



14. Of the Male Organs. 



Chap. 17. Of the Receptacle of Torus. 



18. Of tie Ovule. 



19. Of Fertilisation. 



20. Of the Fruit. 



21. Of the Seed. 



Linntean Sexual System. 



r of Studying. 



gloss a;: ■ 



SPECIMEN OF THE ABOVE WORK. 



585. If th 

 ; is said to k 

 .^6. Sumo 



lesion of th 

 AH those ft 



\:il 



DEHISCENCE. 105 



in the pericarp takes place across the cells 

 8 transverse ; Ex. Anagallis. 



effected by partial openings of the pericarp, 



the growing point (230) ; Ex. Umbellifers, Euphorias. 

 • •': [g termed bj I 



:nta> which soparate from the dissepiments. 



Sometimes the disse 

 es (578) or back of ti 



■ either composed of mere placentary plates, or 



The dissepiments of a fruit are usually formed by the confluent 

 sides of carpellary leaves (480), aod are plaeed at right angles to the 



s of structure interfere with this rule, and give rise 

 s having a difFtn 



sepiment ** " is produced by the Bid. 



591. All fruits are eiti 



5'S2. Simple fn.its proceed from a single flower; Ex. Psony, A P P . 

 Nut, Strawberry. 



593. Multiple fruits are formed out of several flow 

 apple, Tifr. They are manes of inflorescence in a stJ 



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