This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...straight, without branches. The leaves, commonly in whorls of 4s, more rarely in 5s, 3s or 6s, are ovate-lanceolate, pointed, very evenly pinniveined, and sessile. The flowers are on capillary (very slender, or hair-like) peduncles, one in each axil of the upper leaves, and 5-parted, with the petals longer than the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...straight, without branches. The leaves, commonly in whorls of 4s, more rarely in 5s, 3s or 6s, are ovate-lanceolate, pointed, very evenly pinniveined, and sessile. The flowers are on capillary (very slender, or hair-like) peduncles, one in each axil of the upper leaves, and 5-parted, with the petals longer than the sepals, golden yellow with broken black lines. Stamens of unequal length, evidently monadelphous, with no rudimentary stamens between. Capsule (in August) globular, 5-valved, few-seeded. L. quadrifolia, its specific name, alludes to its whorled leaves. There are other species, as L. stricta, with flowers in a terminal raceme, a common plant in grassy meadows. L. ciliata, with the leaves on ciliate (hairy-edged) petioles, and larger axillary flowers, with 5 rudiments of stamens, is also common. L. nummularia, Moneywort, with trailing In some species of Loosestrife we shall find certain little points or teeth interposed between the stamens or the petals alternating with both. These are sterile filaments, or rndiments of stamens, and are rail of curious instruction. They explain the anomalous position of the stamens in these flowers. With them all the organs alternate. May we not make clear the same anomaly in Dodecatheon and Trientalis by this analogy? We have only to suppose another set of stamens or rudiments intended, between the stamens and petals. stems and rounded leaves, is a handsome foreigner fully naturalized. In all, we have 10 species. (See Bot, & Flor., p. 212.) The student may record the analysis of any one of them in connection with this lesson. Classification.--The Order Primulace, the Primworts, represented by the genera Lysimachia, Trientalis, and Dodecatheon, receives its name from the leading genus, Primula, the Primrose. Th...
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