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The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee — John Shaqi

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and TennesseeGray, Asa

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The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee

Name: The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee
Author: Gray, Asa

Gray, Asa

Plants -- United States

Ovary compound, 1-celled, with a central placenta.
                                                       PORTULACACEÆ, 90

      Ovary compound, 1-celled, with two or more parietal placentæ.

        Calyx caducous; juice milky or colored.         PAPAVERACEÆ, 57

        Calyx deciduous, of 4 sepals.                  CAPPARIDACEÆ, 74

        Calyx persistent, of 3 or 5 sepals.                CISTACEÆ, 76

      Ovary compound, several-celled.

        Calyx valvate in the bud, and

          Persistent; stamens monadelphous; anthers 1-celled.
                                                           MALVACEÆ, 96

          Deciduous; anthers 2-celled.                    TILIACEÆ, 101

        Calyx imbricated in the bud, persistent.

          Shrubs; stamens on the base of the petals. TERNSTRŒMIACEÆ, 95

          Aquatic or marsh herbs; ovaries many,

            On 5 placentæ in the axis.                SARRACENIACEÆ, 57

            On the 8--30 partitions.                     NYMPHÆACEÆ, 54

[2.] _Calyx more or less coherent with the surface of the (compound)
ovary._

  Ovary 8--30-celled; ovules many, on the partitions; aquatic.
                                                         NYMPHÆACEÆ, 54

  Ovary 10-celled; cells 1-ovuled.         Amelanchier, in ROSACEÆ, 166

  Ovary 2--5-celled.

    Leaves alternate, with stipules.             Pomeæ, in ROSACEÆ, 151

    Leaves opposite, without stipules.           Some SAXIFRAGACEÆ, 168

    Leaves alternate, without stipules.                 STYRACACEÆ, 333

  Ovary 1-celled, with the ovules parietal.

    Fleshy plants with no true foliage; petals many.      CACTACEÆ, 186

    Rough-leaved plants; petals 5 or 10.                  LOASACEÆ, 193

  Ovary one-celled, with the ovules rising from the base.
                                                       PORTULACACEÆ, 90

[B.] _Stamens of the same number as the petals and opposite them._

  Pistils 3--6, separate; flowers diœcious; woody vines.
                                                      MENISPERMACEÆ, 51

  Pistil only one.

    Ovary one-celled; anthers opening by uplifted valves.
                                                       BERBERIDACEÆ, 52

    Ovary one-celled; anthers not opening by uplifted valves.

      Style and stigma one; ovules more than one.       PRIMULACEÆ, 328

      Style 1; stigmas 3; sepals 2; ovules several.    PORTULACACEÆ, 90

      Style twice or thrice forked; flowers monœcious.
                                      Crotonopsis, in EUPHORBIACEÆ, 458

      Styles 5; ovule and seed only one.             PLUMBAGINACEÆ, 327

    Ovary 2--4-celled.

      Calyx-lobes minute or obsolete; petals valvate.      VITACEÆ, 112

      Calyx 4--5-cleft, valvate in the bud; petals involute.
                                                         RHAMNACEÆ, 111

[C.] _Stamens not more than twice as many as the petals, when of just
the number of the petals then alternate with them._

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The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee

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