New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-21
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE,
FLOWERS OF HE COMPLIES

III OVERS Or i III NO-NiA A
Professor Eichler, OF berll ntip m.f fbc female
nnblished his latest views TesIeCea"7 He takes il
~ 9artie flowers of the Conlfers. lie odNt hat
~ 10 rtad that mOrphOlOglsts are asIe 'il''S
~ S5isIe flowers are the aggregate VI ,1+ oT
.rh;cb were formerly cO1aueTeu az L.. -rbo+
;rforesence. and now tries to Prov LIZ
is called the fenal ament Is petIeC.! tio nlale
az 10Th in nosition and structure anu Is
~ also a single flower and not an lhllofes-
eDce. ,.s,oh On ARRANGEMENT says
nbs American Journal Of Science au4 Vno IN
51t,' in Tin. two kinds OF flowers thus C9to1
ioInlIy - o-rtoirlv seductive. The punclpdl
I;afcTItv in the way of accepting Jhis H4V" -
fnnnd IN the presence of two leatlhe oouIe9 IN IL
the female flower the carpellaTy eC.'i. "u D,aie
bract Professor Elchler Insists Iua' ~ -
sbon0b often apparently separated from 'no
- j. really not distinct organ, ou'
s;nnI9r aDneudage Of the upper race Oh tile
st. He shows that in such appenuaSes Ine
vascular bundles are always arranged III :!
%em opposte to that OF the leai' nom NnICn
&C. originate II they spring from tht up per
tuS! &c - ia,f This MINER side Is turned toward
+ba MINER side of the leaf, and II they CONF
tror, the dorsal side their dorsal sac Is V.I
toward the back of the leaf, ana III Tl'noI 80
The arrangement of the vascular elenlo"Os =
reversed. In every lear Ihe ~ IL If the
cells occupies the upper or ventrA sac Oh .Le
vascular bundle, and the pHlOem NIoIi
baSt or soft bast-cells) hes below 1t or toward
the dorsal side of the leaf. This Is so IN the
coniferous leaf rs IN all others, anu III lne
bract. while the ligule or carpellaIy sca'e snow
the arrangement reversed, o Well-estaOAsheu
fact. ,, E, ovists
(urincipally in Abietlne9) bears on Its BACK one
M several oyules In Araucaria 1t Is Il Snali
nrocess. of licular form, from the middle OF
The leaf bract with one Ovule; III cunning
hanna il is narrow transverse crest Win three
oyules: in CryptOmeria II l. Jagged crest. III
last much larger than the bract itself but ID
Damnra no trace of an appendaGe can be
found The same Is the case with most / aNo-
diner. where only certain thlckenlng OF the
hract i noticeable But In AbietIneae thele are
anDarentlv two distinct organs; examining
them. however, more closely, they are always
cobering at base and where they AT maturity
separate from the axis, as IN ADleS ana Oedlus,
they fall oil together, as they should 40 WheTe
one is only an appendage OF the other. III
Cupressineac no carpet bearing appendaEe az All
is observed and the OvUles are a. nearly aMilaTy
as possible or where there are many, they
seem TO spring partly from the base OF the
bract and partly from the AXIS itself; but the
thickened upper side of the scale shows also
reversed Arrangement of the vessels, as 1t
cannot be otherwise, where the leaf Is so thick
ened on the inner side that at last 1t even be-
comes peltate The other COniterP follow
the same rule, the Ovules stand III the axll OF
the bract; but in TaxiDe9 they are terminal
products, surrounded by the uppeTmOst Ieay es
or braCts.