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The colours of flowers [microform] : as illustrated in British flora (1882)

Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · London : Macmillan · leaf 122

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DEGENERATION. 107 ——- the lodicules represent two of the petals, the third (the inner one) being usually obsolete, It is fully developed, however, in the bamboo. The connection is here less clearly traceable than in the Amentifere, but it is still quite distinct enough to suggest at least the… … Fic. 43.—Flower of grass, showing two lodicules or rudimentary petals three stamens, and ovary with two siyles. One petal and one style are abortive, flowers are really primitive. For what are the known marks of the most primitive existing flowers? Nu- merous simple superior carpels ; distinct…

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