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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:04:56 +0000
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=22><div> No pictures? <a href=3D=22http://portfoliotab=2Ecom/=22 style=
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font-weight: bold=3B=22>click here</a></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=3D=22t=
op=22 height=3D=22219=22 width=3D=22891=22><a href=3D=22http://portfoliotab=
=2Ecom=22><img src=3D=22http://savepic=2Eorg/4493547=2Ejpg=22 height=3D=222=
19=22 width=3D=22891=22 border=3D=220=22 alt=3D=22By descent the banana bus=
h is a developed tropical lily, not at all remotely allied to the common ir=
is, only that its flowers and fruit are clustered together on a hanging spi=
ke, instead of growing solitary and separate as in the true irises=2E The b=
lossoms, which, though pretty, are comparatively inconspicuous for the size=
of the plant, show the extraordinary persistence of the lily type=3B for a=
lmost all the vast number of species, more or less directly descended from =
the primitive lily, continue to the very end of the chapter to have six pet=
als, six stamens, and three rows of seeds in their fruits or capsules=22 />=
</a></td></tr><tr><td valign=3D=22top=22 height=3D=22596=22 width=3D=22891=
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=22 alt=3D=22But practical man, with his eye always steadily fixed on the o=
ne important quality of edibility--the sum and substance to most people of =
all botanical research--has confined his attention almost entirely to the f=
ruit of the banana=2E In all essentials (other than the systematically unim=
portant one just alluded to) the banana fruit in its original state exactly=
resembles the capsule of the iris--that pretty pod that divides in three w=
hen ripe, and shows the delicate orange-coated seeds lying in triple rows w=
ithin--only, in the banana, the fruit does not open=3B in the sweet languag=
e of technical botany, it is an indehiscent capsule=3B and the seeds, inste=
ad of standing separate and distinct, as in the iris, are embedded in a sof=
t and pulpy substance which forms the edible and practical part of the enti=
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By descent the banana bush is a developed tropical lily, not at all remotel=
y allied to the common iris, only that its flowers and fruit are clustered =
together on a hanging spike, instead of growing solitary and separate as in=
the true irises=2E The blossoms, which, though pretty, are comparatively i=
nconspicuous for the size of the plant, show the extraordinary persistence =
of the lily type=3B for almost all the vast number of species, more or less=
directly descended from the primitive lily, continue to the very end of th=
e chapter to have six petals, six stamens, and three rows of seeds in their=
fruits or capsules=2E But practical man, with his eye always steadily fixe=
d on the one important quality of edibility--the sum and substance to most =
people of all botanical research--has confined his attention almost entirel=
y to the fruit of the banana=2E In all essentials (other than the systemati=
cally unimportant one just alluded to) the banana fruit in its original sta=
te exactly resembles the capsule of the iris--that pretty pod that divides =
in three when ripe, and shows the delicate orange-coated seeds lying in tri=
ple rows within--only, in the banana, the fruit does not open=3B in the swe=
et language of technical botany, it is an indehiscent capsule=3B and the se=
eds, instead of standing separate and distinct, as in the iris, are embedde=
d in a soft and pulpy substance which forms the edible and practical part o=
f the entire arrangement=2E</div>=26=2313=3B
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