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"<i>Polygala senega</i> of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing single close racemes of white flowers." &mdash;Whitney, 1889 <p>This illustration includes the upper portion of the stem and the flowers.

Seneca Snakeroot - Stem and Flowers

"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…

"<i>Polygala senega</i> of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing single close racemes of white flowers. It is the source of the officinal senegaroot, and from being much gathered is said to have become scarce in the east." &mdash;Whitney, 1889 <p>This illustration is of the fruit of the plant.

Seneca Snakeroot - the Fruit

"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…

This egg-spoon has spiraling vine branches on the handle.

Spoon, Egg

This egg-spoon has spiraling vine branches on the handle.

Magnified section of a spore-case with some spores.

Spore-Case

Magnified section of a spore-case with some spores.

The Resin Spurge (Euphorbia resinifera) is a flowering plant that superficially resembles a cactus. "Top of Stem of Euphorbia resinifera. a, involucre with inclosed flowers; b, section of same." -Whitney, 1911

Resin Spurge

The Resin Spurge (Euphorbia resinifera) is a flowering plant that superficially resembles a cactus.…

Extrorse or outward facing stamens of the flower of Hippocratea, a genus of staff vine.

Extrorse Stamens of Flower of Staff Vine

Extrorse or outward facing stamens of the flower of Hippocratea, a genus of staff vine.

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…

Stamen of Mallow; the anther supposed to answer to that of Pentstemon pubescens, but the cells completely confluent into one.

Stamen of Mallow

Stamen of Mallow; the anther supposed to answer to that of Pentstemon pubescens, but the cells completely…

Stamen of Moonseed, with anther cut across; this 4-celled, or rather 4-locellate.

Stamen of Moonseed

Stamen of Moonseed, with anther cut across; this 4-celled, or rather 4-locellate.

Stamen of Pentstemon pubescens; the two-anther-cells diverging, and almost confluent.

Stamen of Pentstemon

Stamen of Pentstemon pubescens; the two-anther-cells diverging, and almost confluent.

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.

Stem of a potato plant.

Stem

Stem of a potato plant.

Illustrated in a stem of young pine attacked by peridermium pini. Peridermium pini is a fungus that almost always grows on trees young twenty years old. The fungus ultimately kills the branches.

Stem of Young Pine Attached by Peridermium Pini

Illustrated in a stem of young pine attacked by peridermium pini. Peridermium pini is a fungus that…

Cross section of stem of Myriophyllum, with air canals.

Cross-section Stem

Cross section of stem of Myriophyllum, with air canals.

The central part of the stem is the pith, then is the cellular tissue and finally the bark.

Woody Stem

The central part of the stem is the pith, then is the cellular tissue and finally the bark.

The central part of the stem is the pith, then is the cellular tissue and finally the bark.

Woody Stem

The central part of the stem is the pith, then is the cellular tissue and finally the bark.

"In botany, a runner; a weak, creeping shoot sent out from the bottom of the stem, and rooting and forming new plants at the nodes, as in the strawberry." -Whitney, 1911

Strawberry Flagellum

"In botany, a runner; a weak, creeping shoot sent out from the bottom of the stem, and rooting and forming…

"Tetratheca hirsuta. 1. the stamens; 2. the pistil, with one of the cells laid open." -Lindley, 1853

Tetratheca

"Tetratheca hirsuta. 1. the stamens; 2. the pistil, with one of the cells laid open." -Lindley, 1853

"Thermometer bulb and stem." &mdash; Waldo, 1896

Thermometer

"Thermometer bulb and stem." — Waldo, 1896

"A plant of the genus <i>Sonchus</i>, primarily <i>S. oleraceus</i>, a weed of waste places, probably native in Europe and central Asia, but now diffused nearly all over the world. It is a smooth herb with a milky juice, bearing runcinate-pinnatifid leaves and rather small yellow flower heads... 1. upper part of the stem with the heads; 2. one of the basal leaves; a, a flower; b, the achene with the pappus." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Sow Thistle - Stem with Heads, Basal Leaves, Flower, Achene with Pappus

"A plant of the genus Sonchus, primarily S. oleraceus, a weed of waste places, probably native in Europe…

"Toddalia floribunda. 1. a flower; 2. a pair of carpels, one of which shows its ovule; 3. fruits; 4. a perpendicular section of one of them." -Lindley, 1853

Toddalia

"Toddalia floribunda. 1. a flower; 2. a pair of carpels, one of which shows its ovule; 3. fruits; 4.…

This illustration shows a verticle section of the bulb of te tulip, showing its stem (a) and buds (b, c).

Tulip

This illustration shows a verticle section of the bulb of te tulip, showing its stem (a) and buds (b,…

Of Tulip-tree, with adnate (and extrorse) anther.

Tulip-tree

Of Tulip-tree, with adnate (and extrorse) anther.

A plant with dense amounts of leaves. The stems grow up to 5 feet, and are commonly found in Siberia.

Rheum Undulatum

A plant with dense amounts of leaves. The stems grow up to 5 feet, and are commonly found in Siberia.

"Sections of the stem of a Brazilian Vellozia; 1. transversely; 2, 3. longitudinally." -Lindley, 1853

Brazilian Vellozia

"Sections of the stem of a Brazilian Vellozia; 1. transversely; 2, 3. longitudinally." -Lindley, 1853

"Dionaea muscipula. 1. its pistil; 2. a sectional view of it showing the placentae; 3. a seed; 4. the same without its crustaceous skin, and opened so as to show the embryo." -Lindley, 1853

Venus Flytrap

"Dionaea muscipula. 1. its pistil; 2. a sectional view of it showing the placentae; 3. a seed; 4. the…

Diagram of Violet-flower; showing the relation of parts to bract and axis.

Violet-Flower

Diagram of Violet-flower; showing the relation of parts to bract and axis.

"Viviania crenata; 1. a flower; 2. a section of the ovary; 3. stamens and ovary." -Lindley, 1853

Viviania

"Viviania crenata; 1. a flower; 2. a section of the ovary; 3. stamens and ovary." -Lindley, 1853

"Cheiranthus cheiri; 2. its stigma; 3. the same with one valve off; 4. a cross section of a seed; 5. a diagram to illustrate the position of the parts of the flower." -Lindley, 1853

Aegean Wallflower

"Cheiranthus cheiri; 2. its stigma; 3. the same with one valve off; 4. a cross section of a seed; 5.…

"Eriostemon myoporoides. 1. a complete flower; 2. the ovary, seated in a cup-shaped disk, surrounded by a calyx; 3. the ripe fruit, separated spontaneously into its component carpels." -Lindley, 1853

White Star

"Eriostemon myoporoides. 1. a complete flower; 2. the ovary, seated in a cup-shaped disk, surrounded…