. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. Fig. CCVI. Fig. CCVI.—The details of the flowers, after Endlicher. 1. a $ ; 2. a ? ; 3. the carpels ; 4. a sectionof a (? ; 5. a stamen. 300 ATHEROSPERMACEiE. [Diclinous Order C. ATHEROSPERMACE^.—Plume Nutmegs. Atherospermeae, R. Brown in Flinders, 553. (1814); Arnott in Edinb. Encycl. —Menispermal Exogens, with anthers opening hy recurved Leaves opposite, without stipules. Flowers axillary in short racemes, withlaige deciduous bracts, ^ ^
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. Fig. CCVI. Fig. CCVI.—The details of the flowers, after Endlicher. 1. a $ ; 2. a ? ; 3. the carpels ; 4. a sectionof a (? ; 5. a stamen. 300 ATHEROSPERMACEiE. [Diclinous Order C. ATHEROSPERMACE^.—Plume Nutmegs. Atherospermeae, R. Brown in Flinders, 553. (1814); Arnott in Edinb. Encycl. —Menispermal Exogens, with anthers opening hy recurved Leaves opposite, without stipules. Flowers axillary in short racemes, withlaige deciduous bracts, ^ ^ (or 0). Calyx tubulai-, divided at the top into several segments, usually placed in two rows,the inner of which is partly petaloid; tothese are superadded in the $ flowerssome abortive stamens in the form ofscales. Stamens in the ^ very nvune-rous in the bottom of the calyx ; in the$ fewer, and arising from the orifice ofthe calyx; anthers adnate, 2-celled,bmsting with a valve which separatesfrom the base to the apex ; filamentswith a pair of scales at their several, usually indefinite, eachwith a single erect o\ade ; styles simple,aiismg either from the side or the base;stigmas simple. Nuts inclosed in thetube of the calyx, with the adherentstyles converted mto feathery
Size: 1439px × 1736px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidvegetablekingdom00lind
