Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 320
2. Spathe on outer sheath torn opento show the flowers inside. 3. Later stage of arum flower. Theseeds are forming in the rounded baseand the remainder of flower now rotsoff and falls away. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 841 A transformation of the entire structure takesplace as the seeds… … FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARROW ARUM. The rounded base of the sheath with its contained seeds bends downward until it resembles a snakes head thrust forward as if tostrike. The likeness increases as the stem bends; the head leans lower and lower and finally deposits the seeds upon the muddy…
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