This section is from the book "British Wild Flowers In The Four Seasons", by Thomas Moore. Also available from Amazon: British Wild Flowers.
A. - Menyanthes trifoliata, Linnaeus: p. 14.
1. A corolla laid open, showing the stamens attached to the inner fringed surface.
2. The pistil.
3. One of the capsules.
B. - Primula vulgaris, Hudson: p. 1.
1. The pistil. C. - Daphne Mezereum, Linnaeus: p. 15.
1. One of the perianths laid open, showing the stamens attached to the inner surface.
2. The pistil.
3. A section of one of the berries.
D. - Euphorbia amygdaloides, Linnaeus: p. 16.
1. One of the small flower-heads, with crescent-shaped glands, several erect male flowers, and a recurved female flower.
2. One of the male flowers separated, consisting of a scale and stamen only.
3. The scale of the male flower.
4. The tricoccous stalked ovary, with its three-cleft style, forming the female flower, which has no perianth.
Plate 4

Menyanthes trifoliata,

Primula vulgaris

Daphne Mezereum

Euphorbis amygdakiudes
W.Fich, deletlith
Vincent Brooks, Imp
 
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