P. 63.—“Leaves.” “Opposite” leaves are seen in the chickweed and fuchsia; “whorled,” in Prince’s pine; the “alternate,” in the rose family. The arrangement of leaves on the stem has been reduced to a science, called phyllotaxy.
P. 64.—“Bracts.” Seen in the camellia and strawberry. The white portion of the calla blossom is a colored bract called spathe; also, the “pulpit” of the common Indian turnip or Jack-in-the-pulpit.
“Sessile” leaves are seen in the upper leaves of the common primrose and spring beauty. All plants of the violet and the rose families bear stipules.
P. 65.—“Lanceolate,” as in the peach; oblong, the radical leaves of shepherd’s purse; cordate, in the blood-root; sagittate, in the stem leaves of shepherd’s purse; ovate, in chickweed and violet; pinnate, as in the rose; bipinnate, as in the sensitive plant.
P. 68.—When the stamens and pistils are on separate trees or plants, the fertilization is accomplished in various ways; insects or birds carry the pollen in many cases, in others the wind wafts it.
“Hypogynous,” as in the cress, radish, cabbage, and other cruciform plants.
P. 69.—Perigynous, as in the rose family; epigynous, as in the caraway, celery, and parsnip.
P. 76.—“Labiate.” The word means lip-shaped, and the order is named from the peculiar shape of the corolla.
P. 77.—“Composite,” or compounded; “Herbaceous,” her-bāˈshus. Plants with soft stems which die every year.
“Coriander,” cŏˌri-anˈder; “Asafœtida,” ăsˈa-fĕtˌi-da.