"Fig. 1. Common Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum). A. A. A. Perianths. B. The Corolla, before it has opened. C. The tube of the corolla. D. The limb (limbus) of the same. E. The swollen germe in the perianth. e. e. e. e. Bractes (bracteae). F. The tube. G. The corolla cut open, to show H. the stigma, surrounded by the five anthers. I. The pericarp opened. K. The same horizontally cut.
"Fig. 2. A species of Ground-Cherry (Physalis pennsylvanica?) A. The rotate corolla (corolla rotata). B. A posterior view of the corolla, showing the perianth.
"Fig. 3. A species of Convolvulus from Florida. A. The perianth. B. The tube of the corolla. C. The limb of the same, within which are seen the stigma, and five anthers.
"All these figures are illustrative of the class Pentandria, and the order Monogynia."
Pentandria Monogynia is a Linnaean group of plants characterized by the flowers having five stamen and one pistil.
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