One of the grains younger, seen to be a pistillate flower with calyx becoming fleshy.
"Morus alba. 1. A male flower; 2. clusters of females; 3. a female flower separate; 4. the same with…
"Myrtle is a genus of plants, natural order Myrtaceæ, consisting of aromatic trees or shrubs,…
"Eugenia tuberculata. 1. a flower; 2. the same divided vertically; 3. a stamen; 4. a ripe fruit; 5.…
"Myrtle is a genus of plants, natural order Myrtaceæ, consisting of aromatic trees or shrubs,…
"Napoleona imperialis. 1. a flower-bud just expanding; 2. the fleshy cup, and table-shaped stigma; 3.…
"Chymocarpus pentaphyllus; 2. a longitudinal section of its flower; 3. ovary of Tropaeolum majus; 4.…
"Branch of Procris splendens; 2. cluster of male and female flowers; 3. a male flower about to expand;…
"Myristica fragrans. 1. a flower; 2. a column of stamens; 3. a section of a female showing the ovary…
"Acorn and cupule of Quercus Skinneri, natural size; 2. cross section of the acorn, showing the lobed…
"Ochna dubia. 1. expanded flower; 2. section of pistil and stamens; 3. pistil; 4. section of a ripe…
"Ochranthe arguta. 1. grain of pollen; 2. perpendicular section of its pistil." -Lindley, 1853
A pink flower that typically blooms in the Spring. The plant has been used for centuries as a medicinal…
Germinating onion, morre advanced; the chink at base of cotyledon opening for the protrusion of the…
Four cells from dried Onion-peel, each holding a crystal of different shape, one of them twinned.
Diagram of opposite-leaved plant with a cyne of three flowers; a the first flower, of the main…
Diagram of opposite-leaved plant with a cyne of three flowers; a the first flower, of the main…
"Apostasia odorata; 1. a flower; 2. the stamens and style; 3. a cross section of the ovary; 4. a seed."…
"Megaclinium Bufo; 1. a portion of a spike magnified; 2. flowers in various positions, more magnified."…
"Hetaeria pygmaea; 2. a flower; 3. the fertile stamen and two lateral sterile ones; 4. a cross section…
"2. Cycnoches ventricosum; 4 and 5. C. Egertonianum (Swan Orchid); the others intermediate forms." -Lindley,…
One of the partial pollinia, torn up at top to show the grains (which are each composed of four).
Fruit (cremocarp) of Osmorrhiza; the two akene-like ripe carpals separating at maturity from a slender…
"Sagus Rumphii. 1. a flower; 2. the same opened; 3. a section of an ovary; 4. a section of a seed of…
"Inflorescence of Chamaerops humilis, in its spathe; 2. a portion of the same, with the fruit ripening;…
A Palm-stem in transverse and longitudinal section, the dots on the cross sections represent cut ends…