io8 THE COLOURS OF FLOWERS. involucres, bracts, glumes, glands, awns, and so forth. Now, to which of these classes do the yellow flowers ordinarily belong ? Clearly to the first. To which do the green flowers ordinarily belong ? Clearly to the second. The organisation of the catkins, the sedges,… … FIG. 44 — Diagram of flower of grass, a, sepals ; a i, outer sepal, flowering glume, or outer palea ; a 2 and a 3, inner sepals, combined into a single inner palea ; b, petals ; b i and b 2, the lodicules ; b 3, suppressed ; c, stamens, all present ; d, styles or stigmas; di and dz, present ; d 3,…
Flowers -- Color · Plants -- Color
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