RM2AX7BP3–Bergen's botany, key and floraNorthern and central states ed . OCARPUS Salisb. (SPATHYEMA) Eootstock very stout, with many long, cylindrical roots.Leaves clustered, very large, and entire. Spathe shell-shaped,very thick. Spadix globular, thickly covered with bisexual flow-ers. Sepals 4. Stamens 4. Style 4-angled. Fruit globular orellipsoidal, with the seeds slightly buried in the enlarged spadix. Coarse, stemless herbs, with a powerful scent like that ofthe skunk and of onions. 1. S. foetidus Nutt. Skunk Cabbage. Leaves mam slightlypetioled, 1-2 ft. long, appearing after the flowers. The latt
RM2AN96J6–The American annual of photography . 163. Figure 1.SKUNK CABBAGE. Illustrating article Gunning for Wild Flowers, by Carl Krebs. ^<
RM2AJAX9X–Elementary botany . Cephalanthus), etc., or in the short-ening of the peduncles in an umbel, as in the daisy, dandelion,and other composite flowers. In these the head is surroundedby an involucre, which in the young head often envelopes themass of flowers, thus affording them protection. In some othercomposites (Lactuca, for example) the involucre affords pro-tection for a longer period, even while the seeds are ripening. 826. The spadix — When the main axis of the flower clusteris fleshy, the spike or head forms a spadix, as in the Indian tur-nip, the skunk cabbage, the calla, etc. The spadix
RM2AN960P–The American annual of photography . Figure 1.SKUNK CABBAGE. Illustrating article Gunning for Wild Flowers, by Carl Krebs. ^<. GUNNING FOR WILD FLOWERS By CARL KREBS OU may sally forth on a perfect day with yourcamera and go gunning for wild flowers in ahappy-go-lucky way and pick up the prettythings as they drift across the path of youraimless wanderings, or you may get an orderfrom your authoress, who perhaps is writing a book on Way-side Flowers, to get plates of certain specimens to illustratesaid book. There is where your troubles begin, for wildflowers have a canny way of dodging you
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