Aquilegia vulgaris is a perennial plant also known as the European columbine or Granny's Nightcap.
"Symphytum officinale; 2. a diagram of its flower; 3. its pistil; 4. the calyx opened, with two of the…
Caulicle well lengthened and root beginning; thick cotyledons partly spreading; plumule (pair of leaves)…
Fumitory, or Fumaria, is a genus of herbaceous plants belonging to the order Fumariaceae. The common…
"Leaves standing nearly vertical in compass-plant. (Silphium laciniatum). A, view from east or west;…
Also known as Rudbeckia purpurea and Echinacea purpurea. A flower with lavender drooping petals surrounding…
The Aechmea fulgens of coralberry is a bromeliad which is often used as a decorative plant.
The Sphaeria sinensis a cordycep, a parasitic fungus. "The right hand figure represents the manner in…
The Sphaeria Robertsii a cordycep, a parasitic fungus "growing from the caterpillar of a New Zealand…
A slice of the head of flowers of a Coreopsis, with one tubular perfect flower (a) left standing on…
"1. Coriaria napalensis; 2. flower of Coriaria myrtifolia without its calyx; 3. its pistil; 4. a perpendicular…
The investing sheaths or dead leaf-bases striped off. The faint cross-lines represent the scars, where…
Corm of Cyclamen. Roots from lower face, leaf-stalks and flower stalks from the upper.
Barringtonia speciosa or cornbeefwood is a species of flowering plants from the Lecythidaceae family.
"Centaurea cyanus. 1. a floret; 2. the anthers; 3. perpendicular section of young fruit; 4. ripe fruit."…
Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant. The fiber is often spun into…
"Moquileae canomensis. 1. a flower; 2. an ovary; 3. a perpendicular section of the last; 4. a fruit;…
A plant which consists of long, persistent calyx segments. They generally grow up to 20 feet in height,…
A tree cricket that lives in trees and shrubs. They feed on plant parts, other insects, and fungi.
Corm of a Crocus, the investing sheaths or dead leaf-bases stripped off. The faint cross-lines represent…
"Colchicum autumnale. 1. A corm in flower; 2. The same stripped of its outer coats, and showing the…
Grafting is a horticultural operation which consists in placing together the two cut surfaces of different…
"Erucastrum Canariense. 1. a flower. 2. the stamens; 3. the siliqua, with the valve separating from…
"Leptomeria acida; 2. a branch more magnified; 3. an expanded flower; 4. a fruit." -Lindley, 1853
"3. paleae of Leersia oryzoides; 4. pistil, stamens, and hypogynous scales of the same." -Lindley, 1853
"Cupressus sempervirens; 1. a scale of a male cone with pollen; 2. a scale of a female cone with naked…
"Cytinus Hypocistis. 1. A flower; 2. a head of anthers; 3. a transverse section of the ovary." -Lindley,…
"Pancratium maritimum. 1. a flower cut open, and showing that there is a bifid tooth, forming a coronet…
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum is a synonym for Leucanthemum vulgare, or the oxeye daisy, a flowering plant…
"Danaea alata. 1. Collection of spore-cases; 2. sections of the same and spores, 2 of which are highly…