Part 257

The fruit of the Walnut is thus a false fruit; and the term drupe must therefore not be used in the same sense as in the Rosaceæ.

The pollen-tube in Ulmus does not enter the ovule through the micropyle.

According to Prantl, some species of Trollius (T. europæus, and asiatiacus) have a perianth, differentiated into calyx and corolla, which does not pass over into the honey-leaves. The outer leaves of the perianth have frequently an incised apex, the intermediate ones sometimes present transitional forms to the inner, and sometimes there is a distinct boundary between them.

If we suppose a spiral line drawn through the leaves upwards on a stem with scattered leaves (in the shortest way), then the side of the leaf first touched is the catodic, or descending, and the other the anodic, or ascending side.

Those marked [+] are officinal, and when no home is stated, the plant is a native.

Those which are officinal are indicated by [+].

Those marked with a [+] are officinal.

For further reference see Sachs, History of Botany; Lindley, Vegetable Kingdom; Le Maout and Decaisne, General System of Botany, etc.

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