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Section of the ovary of Anemone, showing its suspended ovule.

Ovary of Anemone

Section of the ovary of Anemone, showing its suspended ovule.

Section of the ovary of Buckwheat, showing the erect ovule.

Ovary of Buckwheat

Section of the ovary of Buckwheat, showing the erect ovule.

Section of the ovary of a Buttercup, lengthwise, showing its ascending ovule.

Ovary of a Buttercup

Section of the ovary of a Buttercup, lengthwise, showing its ascending ovule.

Circaea with angles bearing little lobes.

Circaea

Circaea with angles bearing little lobes.

Flower of a Cleome of the section Gynandropsis, showing broadened receptacles to bear petals, lengthened stripe below stamens, and another between these and pistil.

Flower of a Cleome

Flower of a Cleome of the section Gynandropsis, showing broadened receptacles to bear petals, lengthened…

Cross section of the ovary of Frost-Weed (Helianthemum), with three parietal placenta, bearing ovules.

Ovary of Frost Weed

Cross section of the ovary of Frost-Weed (Helianthemum), with three parietal placenta, bearing ovules.

Magnified pollen of Hibiscus and other Mallow plants, beset with prickly projections.

Hibiscus pollen

Magnified pollen of Hibiscus and other Mallow plants, beset with prickly projections.

Cross-section of an ovary of Hypericum graveolens, the three large placenta meeting in the centre, so as to form a three-celled ovary.

Hypericum graveolens

Cross-section of an ovary of Hypericum graveolens, the three large placenta meeting in the centre, so…

Four grains united, as in most of the Heath family.

Kalmia

Four grains united, as in most of the Heath family.

Three early stages in the growth of ovule of a Magnolia, showing the forming outer and inner coats, which, even in the later figure have not yet completely enclosed the nucleus.

Ovule of a Magnolia

Three early stages in the growth of ovule of a Magnolia, showing the forming outer and inner coats,…

Pollen, a pair of pollinia of a Milkweed, Asclepias, attached by stalks to a gland.

Polllinia of a Milkweed

Pollen, a pair of pollinia of a Milkweed, Asclepias, attached by stalks to a gland.

Pollinium of an Orchis (Habenaria), with its stalks attached to a sticky gland.

Polllinia of a Orchis

Pollinium of an Orchis (Habenaria), with its stalks attached to a sticky gland.

As it were of three grains or cells united; the lateral empty and light.

Pine Pollen

As it were of three grains or cells united; the lateral empty and light.

Compound 3-carpellary pistil of common St. John's-wort, cut across: the three styles separate.

Pistil of common St. John's-wort

Compound 3-carpellary pistil of common St. John's-wort, cut across: the three styles separate.

Pistil of a Sandwort, with vertical and transverse section of the ovary: free central placenta.

Pistil of Sandwort

Pistil of a Sandwort, with vertical and transverse section of the ovary: free central placenta.

Two simple carpals or pistil-leaves, united at the base only, cut across both above and below.

Pistil of Saxifrage

Two simple carpals or pistil-leaves, united at the base only, cut across both above and below.

The same of shrubby St. John's-wort; the three styles as well as ovaries here united into one.

Pistil of shrubby St. John's-wort

The same of shrubby St. John's-wort; the three styles as well as ovaries here united into one.

Compound 3-carpellary pistil of Tradescantia or Spiderwort; the three stigmas as well as styles and ovary completely coalescent into one.

Pistil of Spiderwort

Compound 3-carpellary pistil of Tradescantia or Spiderwort; the three stigmas as well as styles and…

Simple pistil of Podophyllum, cut across, showing ovules borne on placenta.

Podophyllum

Simple pistil of Podophyllum, cut across, showing ovules borne on placenta.

Magnified pollen of a Lily, smooth and oval.

Pollen

Magnified pollen of a Lily, smooth and oval.

Pollen of Echinocystis, grooved lengthwise.

Pollen

Pollen of Echinocystis, grooved lengthwise.

Pollen of Sicyos, with bristly points and smooth bands.

Pollen

Pollen of Sicyos, with bristly points and smooth bands.

Pollen of Musk Plant (Mimulus), with spiral grooves.

Pollen

Pollen of Musk Plant (Mimulus), with spiral grooves.

Pollen of Succory, twelve-sided and dotted.

Pollen

Pollen of Succory, twelve-sided and dotted.

Evening Primrose, the three lobes as large as the central body.

Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose, the three lobes as large as the central body.

Longitudinal section of flower of Silene Pennsylvanica, showing stipe between calyx and corolla.

Silene Pennsylvanica

Longitudinal section of flower of Silene Pennsylvanica, showing stipe between calyx and corolla.

Cells of anther each opening by an uplifted valve.

Stamen of Barberry

Cells of anther each opening by an uplifted valve.

Very short filament bearing a single anther-cell; it is open from top to bottom, showing the pollen within.

Stamen of Globe Amaranth

Very short filament bearing a single anther-cell; it is open from top to bottom, showing the pollen…

Stamens of the mint family. Of a Monarda: the two anther-cells with bases divergent so that they are transverse to the filament, and their contiguous tips confluent, so as to form one cell opening by a continuous line. Fig 301; Of a Calamintha: the broad connective separating the two cells. Fig 302; Of a Sage (Salvia Texana; with long and slender connective resembling forks of the filament, one bearing a good anther-cell wholly wanting. Fig 304; Of a White Sage, Audibertia grandiflora; the lower fork of connective a mere vestige. Fig. 305; Of another White Sage (A. stachyoides), the lower fork of connective suppressed.

Stamens

Stamens of the mint family. Of a Monarda: the two anther-cells with bases divergent so that they are…

Cells opening by a terminal hole.

Stamens of Pyrola

Cells opening by a terminal hole.