. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 406. Longitudinal section of Fig. 407. Seed. Fig. 404. Portion of inflorescence. Fig. 408. Longitudinal section of seed. ascendent with the micropyle inferior and exterior; the other is descendent, with micropyle turned upwards and inwards.^ The fruit is a thick coriaceous loculicidal capsule, spherical or nearly so, the surface smooth or bristling with points. The cells, one to three in number, contain one or two seeds whose exalbuminous embryo has two large hemispherical fleshy cotyledons, often conferruminate, and an arched conical radi
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 406. Longitudinal section of Fig. 407. Seed. Fig. 404. Portion of inflorescence. Fig. 408. Longitudinal section of seed. ascendent with the micropyle inferior and exterior; the other is descendent, with micropyle turned upwards and inwards.^ The fruit is a thick coriaceous loculicidal capsule, spherical or nearly so, the surface smooth or bristling with points. The cells, one to three in number, contain one or two seeds whose exalbuminous embryo has two large hemispherical fleshy cotyledons, often conferruminate, and an arched conical radicle, involved in a sort of sheath forming the • In tte species otserved (, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, iii. 337) : the pollen is " elUp- soide; trois plis; dans I'eau, sphere k trois bandes avec trois papilles {jEsculm maerostachya, , M. Hippoeastanuni)." ' The ovular coat is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baillon, Henri Ernest, 1827-1895; Hartog, Marcus Manuel, 1851-. London, L. Reeve & Co.
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