. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. - Types of anthers, showing various ways in which pollen is discharged. Sweet peas and clover belong to the same great family (LeguminoscB), and this arrangement of stamens occurs in the flowers of very many members of that family. (See Figure 112.) An- other great group of plants is character- ized by the fact that the stamens form a tube which closely surrounds the pistil. From this tube the stamens branch out Fig- "o irregularly and in in- definite
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. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. - Types of anthers, showing various ways in which pollen is discharged. Sweet peas and clover belong to the same great family (LeguminoscB), and this arrangement of stamens occurs in the flowers of very many members of that family. (See Figure 112.) An- other great group of plants is character- ized by the fact that the stamens form a tube which closely surrounds the pistil. From this tube the stamens branch out Fig- "o irregularly and in in- definite numbers. The common mallow, the hollyhock, the hibiscus, and the cot- ton plant are members of this group. (See Figure 113.) E. Variations of the Gyncecium. — The car- pels are usually united, while some flowers, as these of the pea fam- ily, have only one. Many flowers, how- ever, have separate carpels, and this con- dition is known to be more primitive than the united condition. Flowers with. Fig. III. — Flower of morning-glory (Jpomea purpurea), showing a sympetalous corolla and the attachment of the stamens to it.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. New York, American Book Co