Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 . na point fupporting antherae of a white colour,and marked with two fifTures. In the place of athird ftamen, I have only found a fmall filament,without any anther^e, fituated between the fupe-rior interior petal. The ovarium is inferior. It has three angles,and is fupported by a long peduncle. The flyle is a little longer than the flamina,cylindrical, and terminated by a fligma fhapedlike a fhepherds crook. The capfule has three partitions, containingleveral fpherical f
Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 . na point fupporting antherae of a white colour,and marked with two fifTures. In the place of athird ftamen, I have only found a fmall filament,without any anther^e, fituated between the fupe-rior interior petal. The ovarium is inferior. It has three angles,and is fupported by a long peduncle. The flyle is a little longer than the flamina,cylindrical, and terminated by a fligma fhapedlike a fhepherds crook. The capfule has three partitions, containingleveral fpherical feeds, which are fixed to a re-ceptacle that extends from the middle of the parrtitions to the top. This genus, which naturally ranks after the irisand the moraa, has all the habitudes of thofeplants. Its leaves are of the fame fword-like form,with their edges comprefTed near the bafe. Explanation of the Figures in Plate XV., Fig. 1. The plant. Fig. 2. The difplayed by cuttingaway the fpatha. A full-blown flower with thethree exterior petals torn off. Fig. 3. An exterior petal feen from its innerfurfacc. 0,Al May.] of la perouse. 203 Fig. 4. The fame petal feen from its outerfurface. F/g. 5. Interior petals turned down, to give aview of the ftamina and ftyle. F/g. 6. The It amen feen through a magnifyingglafs. Fig. 7. The ftyle with its ftigma. Fig. S. A part of the germcn, the ftamen andftyle having been taken away, in order to fhewthe fmall filament, which is found in the place ofa third ftamen. Fig. Q. Lower half of the capfule divided tranf-verfely, to fhew the three partitions. Fig. 10. Upper half of the capfule divided lon-gitudinally, to iliew the feeds. As we were walking through a fmall grove,v^here the underwood grew very thick, I kangarou at a very fmall diftance from immediately ran a length of about thirty pacesthrough one of thofe narrow paths which thefeanimals make for thcmfelves through the thicket,where they are obliged t
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