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The Lure of San Francisco: A Romance Amid Old Landmarks

The Lure of San Francisco: A Romance Amid Old Landmarks

Mabel Thayer Gray

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Chapter 1 No.1

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Pistils numerous but cohering over each other in a solid mass on an elongated receptacle. Magnoliace?, 49

Pistils numerous, separate, but concealed in a hollow receptacle.

Leaves opposite, entire; no stipules. Calycanthace?, 167

Leaves alternate, with stipules. Rosa, in Rosace?, 162

Pistils several, immersed in hollows of the upper surface of a large top-shaped receptacle. Nelumbo, in Nymph?ace?, 55

Pistils more than one, separate, not enclosed in the receptacle.

Stamens inserted on the calyx, distinct. Rosace?, 150

Stamens united with the base of the petals, monadelphous. Malvace?, 96

Stamens inserted on the receptacle.

Filaments much shorter than the anther; trees. Anonace?, 50

Filaments longer than the anther.

Flowers di?cious; twiners with alternate leaves. Menispermace?, 51

Flowers perfect; if climbers, the leaves opposite.

Leaves not peltate; petals deciduous. Ranunculace?, 34

Leaves peltate; petals persistent. Brasenia, in Nymph?ace?, 55

Pistils several-lobed, the ovaries united below the middle. Resedace?, 75

Pistils several, their ovaries cohering in a ring around an axis. Malvace?, 96

Pistils strictly one as to the ovary; the styles or stigmas may be several.

Leaves punctate under a lens with transparent dots. Hypericace?, 92

Leaves not punctate with transparent dots.

Ovary simple, 1-celled, 2-ovuled. Rosace?, 150

Ovary simple, 1-celled, with one parietal many-ovuled placenta.

Leaves 2–3-ternately compound or dissected. Ranunculace?, 34

Leaves peltate, simply lobed. Podophyllum, in Berberidace?, 52

Ovary compound, 1-celled, with a central placenta. Portulacace?, 90

Ovary compound, 1-celled, with two or more parietal placent?.

Calyx caducous; juice milky or colored. Papaverace?, 57

Calyx deciduous, of 4 sepals. Capparidace?, 74

Calyx persistent, of 3 or 5 sepals. Cistace?, 76

Ovary compound, several-celled.

Calyx valvate in the bud, and

Persistent; stamens monadelphous; anthers 1-celled. Malvace?, 96

Deciduous; anthers 2-celled. Tiliace?, 101

Calyx imbricated in the bud, persistent.

Shrubs; stamens on the base of the petals. Ternstr?miace?, 95

Aquatic or marsh herbs; ovaries many,

On 5 placent? in the axis. Sarraceniace?, 57

On the 8–30 partitions. Nymph?ace?, 54

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The Lure of San Francisco: A Romance Amid Old Landmarks
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Chapter 1 No.1

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Chapter 2 e. the ovary wholly superior.

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Chapter 3 tube (inferior).

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Chapter 4 No.4

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Chapter 5 like heads.

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Chapter 6 No.6

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Chapter 7 No.7

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Chapter 8 Climbing by the leafstalks, or erect herbs.

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Chapter 9 Involucre leaf-like, remote from the flower. Leaves compound or dissected. Pistils very many.

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Chapter 10 Involucre close to the flower, of 3 oval bracts, calyx-like. Leaves radical, simple and lobed. Pistils several.

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Chapter 11 Stigma terminal, broad and flat. Radical leaves and involucre compound. Peduncles umbellate. Achenes 4–15, many-ribbed.

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Chapter 12 Sepals usually 4, petal-like or greenish, Achenes few.

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Chapter 13 Achenes numerous, inflated, 4-angled. Flowers corymbose. Filaments white, clavate.

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Chapter 14 Sepals and petals (5–16, crimson or scarlet) flat, unappendaged. Seed suspended.

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Chapter 15 Sepals spurred. Petals 5, white. Achenes in a long spike. Scapes 1-flowered. Seed suspended.

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Chapter 16 Petals 5, yellow or white, with a scale or gland at base. Achenes capitate. Seed erect.

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Chapter 17 Petals none. Sepals broad, white. Pods few. Leaves compound.

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Chapter 18 Petals none. Sepals broad, yellow. Leaves kidney-shaped, undivided.

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Chapter 19 Petals 5–20, narrow, pitted above the base. Pods sessile. Leaves palmately lobed.

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Chapter 20 Petals 5–6, small, hollowed at apex, white. Pods long-stalked. Leaves radical, trifoliolate.

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Chapter 21 Petals small, tubular, 2-lipped. Sepals 5, broad, persistent and turning green. Pods sessile.

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Chapter 22 Petals small 2-lipped nectaries. Sepals 5–8, narrow, deciduous. Flower solitary, involucrate.

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Chapter 23 Pistils 5, with slender styles. Leaves ternately compound.

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Chapter 24 Upper sepal spurred. Petals 4, of two forms; the upper pair with long spurs, enclosed in the spur of the calyx.

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Chapter 25 Upper sepal hooded, covering the two long-clawed small petals.

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Chapter 26 Flowers in long often paniculate racemes. Pistils 1–8, becoming many-seeded pods.

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Chapter 27 Flowers in a single short raceme. Pistil single, forming a many-seeded berry.

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Chapter 28 Flowers solitary. Sepals 3, petal-like, caducous. Petals none. Stamens numerous. Pistils several, becoming 2-seeded berries. Leaves simple, lobed.

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