Outlines of medical botany : comprising vegetable anatomy and physiology, the characters and properties of the natural orders of plants, an explanation of the Linnaean system of classification, and tables of medicinal plants, arranged in their Linnaean and natural orders / by Hugo Reid.

  • Reid, Hugo, 1809-1872.
Date:
1832
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    2. Indehiscent. (1.) Dry. 384. The Gland.—This is a one-celled, and frequent- ly one-seeded, pericarp, often contained in a scaly in- volucre called a cupula. The ovary had originally three cells, and several ovules which have become abortive. The Oak (Quercus), the Hazel (Corylus), and other Cupuliferse. It is often called a Nut. (See Fig-. 35. the Hazel.) 385. Tlie Samara—This has one or two cells, and is dilated at the apex or sides into a kind of wing or membranaceous appendage. It is considered a kind of capsule by some. The Ash (Fraxinus), the Maple (Acer), and the Elm (Ulmus). (2.) Fleshy. 386. The Pome, or Melonida of Richard. This is formed of a semi-inferior ovary, consisting of from two to five carpels, the pericarp being fleshy, and formed of the calyx and ovary united. The Apple and the Pear, and the rest of the Pomacese, are examples. (See Fig. 36.) Fig. 35. Fig. 36. Fig. 37.