. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. 332 FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. the pod of the tonquin bean and the fruit of an almond. The families are too closely allied, however, to give much weight to these resemblances. Perhaps the pod-like fruits of some of the caper family (Capparidaced) and their similarity to those of some of the Leguminosse is more noteworthy. The form, size, and colour of some small gourds, of the cu- cumber family, such as the colocynth and the orange gourd, approximate to the fruit of the orange. The winged fruits of the maples, with th
. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. 332 FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. the pod of the tonquin bean and the fruit of an almond. The families are too closely allied, however, to give much weight to these resemblances. Perhaps the pod-like fruits of some of the caper family (Capparidaced) and their similarity to those of some of the Leguminosse is more noteworthy. The form, size, and colour of some small gourds, of the cu- cumber family, such as the colocynth and the orange gourd, approximate to the fruit of the orange. The winged fruits of the maples, with the seed at â one extremity and a veined wing at the other, is a type of " samara " which is found repeated again in other families. It occurs in a genus of Polygalacem, which is found chiefly in tropical South America. Our figure is Securidaca lomentosa (fig. 74). The. Fig. 74.âSamara of Securidaca tomentosa, Heteropterys lauri- folia, Gallesia goranema, Seguiera fioribunda. same form is found again in Malpighiacece, of which. 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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), b. 1825. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York, E. & J. B. Young
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