A Florida plant, the buckwheat tree: "Mylocaryum ligustrinum. 1. a flower; 2. stamens; 3. ovary; 4.…
From the bottom of the bulb, roots descend into soil to absorb moisture and other matter from it, while,…
"a.-- Truncated bulb of onion; b.-- onion leaf dissected off; c.-- bulb of lily. Bulb, a modified leaf-bud,…
"Scirpus lacustris. 1. A flower surrounded with hypogynous bristles; 2. a seed; 3, a section of it,…
"1. Flowering plant of Bulrush (Scirpus lacustris). 2. The inflorescence. a, a flower; b, the fruit."…
"Typha latifolia; 2, its fruit; 3, a section of the seed; 4, the embryo; 5, a stamen." -Lindley, 1853
"Sanguisorba officinalis. 1. a flower with a pair of bracts; 2. the same with half the calyx cut away;…
"Combretum (or Poivrea) purpureum. 1. a flower cut open; 2. a section of the ovary." -Lindley, 1853
Ranunculus bulbosus or the bulbous buttercup is a perennial weed of the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae.
"Pinguicula vulgaris. 1. calyx, &c. 2. stamen; 3. pistil; 4. longitudinal section of it; 5. half a fruit;…
"Brunia japonica. 1. a flower; 2. a perpendicular section of the pistil; 3. a head of fruit; 4. a section…
"Byrsanthus Brownii. 1. diagram of the flower; 2. section of a flower; 3. section across the ovary;…
Various species of cacti. a, Saguaro (Cereus giganteus); b, Paddle Cactus (Opuntia coccinellifera);…
"Cereus speciosissimus. 1. section of the fruit of Opuntia deillenii; 2. of the seed; 3. section of…
The Coast Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus viridescens) is a cactus seen throughout southern California.
A cross section of the fruit of the black calabash tree (Crescentia cucurbitina), native to Florida.
Native to Florida, Crescentia obovata or the Black Calabash tree is a flowering plant of the Bignoniaceae…
"Calathea villosa; 1. a flower cut open; 2. a transverse section of the ovary; 3. a perpendicular section…
Magnified view of a portion of a transverse slice of stem of Calla Lily. The great spaces are tubular…
"Calla palustris; 1. a flower; 2. a section of the ovary; 3. a perpendicular section of the ripe fruit;…
Silene dioica or the red campion was once known as Lychnis diurna and is a member of the Caryophyllaceae…
Streptocarpus rexii is known as the Cape Primrose and is not actually a primrose but in the Gesneriaceae…
"Capsicum, a genus of annual, sub-shrubby plants, with a wheel-shaped corolla, projecting and converging…
An illustration of: A, Inflorescence and cauline leaves; B, Radical leaves and root. Cardamine (Car-dá-mi-ne,…
A sawari nut from the "Caryocar butyrosum; a section of one of the lobes of its fruit." -Lindley, 1853
"Casearia grandiflora. 1. part of a calyx split open; 2. the pistil half grown; 3. section across the…
"Cashew Nut. Cashew, a tree common in the West Indies. Its fruit is called the cashew nut. The nut is…
"Cassipourea elliptica. 1. a flower; 2. stamens; 3. pistil; 4. cross section of the ovary." -Lindley,…