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ps pass, The brighter seem. Longfellow. Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea).

or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."

lso turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.

The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.

A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.

he name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.

A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

se stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are f…

Having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.

The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.

The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.

rence of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.

A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.

A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. See Althea, Hollyhock, and Manoe.

A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.

scrub oak. See Scrub oak. -- Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera ulmifolia). -- Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.

A species of Althæa (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.

Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.