. The natural history of plants. Botany. u NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. V. NASTURTIUM SEEIES. The flowers of the Nasturtiums^ (fig. 31-39) are hermaphrodite and irregular. They haye a concave receptacle, in the form of a porringer, the posterior part being prolonged into a spur of variable Tropteoltan Fig. 31. Floriferous branch. form and size '^. Upon the edges of the cup are inserted five sepals^, quincuncially imbricate or valvate in the bud (sepal 2 being posterior and corresponding to the spur). The petals are often the same in 1 L. Qen. n. 466.—J. Geii. 269; in Mem. Mus. v. 230.—L
. The natural history of plants. Botany. u NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. V. NASTURTIUM SEEIES. The flowers of the Nasturtiums^ (fig. 31-39) are hermaphrodite and irregular. They haye a concave receptacle, in the form of a porringer, the posterior part being prolonged into a spur of variable Tropteoltan Fig. 31. Floriferous branch. form and size '^. Upon the edges of the cup are inserted five sepals^, quincuncially imbricate or valvate in the bud (sepal 2 being posterior and corresponding to the spur). The petals are often the same in 1 L. Qen. n. 466.—J. Geii. 269; in Mem. Mus. v. 230.—Lamk. Diet. i. 610; Suppl. ii. 86 ; 111. t. 277.—Tttrp. in Diet. Se. Nat. All. t. 133.—DC. ;U.—fitAcn, Suit. d Buffm iii. 4.—Endl. Qen. n. 6063.—Payee, Orgattog. 77, t. 16.—Chat, in Ann. Sc. Nat. eer. 4, v. 283.—H. Bn. in Payer Fam. Nat. 403.—B. H. Gen, 274, ii. 7.—Schnizl. leonogr. t. 258.—Lem. et Done. Tr. Gdn. 353 (incl.; Anisoeentra Don, Chymocarpus Don, Magallana CoMMEKS.).—Cardamindwn T. Inst. 430, t. 224. —Adans. Fam. des £1. ii. 338.—Acriviola BoERH. (ex Adans.). ' It is free, sometimes wide and not very deep, sometimes very large, straight or curved, glan- dular at the hottom ; so that the cavity often contains a sweet nectar. It is sometimes want- ing in some cultivated flowers; in other cases it is more or less deeply lined. ' Often petaloid, 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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