Descriptive Botany: A Practical Guide to the Classification of Plants, with Popular Flora

1-2 feet high 1-celled 3-lobed 5-cleft 5-parted 5-toothed Achenia achenium acuminate acute aments Anthers apex awned axillary beneath berry bracts branching calyx campanulate Capsule carpels cells clusters compound cordate corolla corymbs cotyledons cultivated cymes deciduous dehiscence dense dioecious drupe embryo entire EXERCISE Fertile flowers filaments fleshy florets flowers large flowers small flowers white fruit globose Glumes green greenish grounds hairy Herbs hypogynous I-seeded indehiscent inserted involucre involucre-scales July-August June-July leaf leaflets leafy Leaves alternate leaves opposite leaves ovate limb linear lobes many-flowered many-seeded margin monoecious nearly numerous oblong obovate obtuse oval ovary ovules panicle pedicels peduncles Perianth pericarp persistent Petals petioles pinnate pistil plants pubescent purple racemes receptacle scape Seeds segments sepals serrate sessile sheaths short shrubs simple slender smooth solitary sometimes Spikelets spikes spreading Stamens stem erect Stigma stipules Style syncarpous teeth terminal Trees tube tubular umbels united at base upper lip usually whorls yellow