. The natural history of plants. Botany. Kg. 322. Flower. Fig. 323 Long. sect, of flower. LecytJiU Ollaria. Lecythis Zaiueayo, ance of a sort of hood with its cavity over the summit of the gyneecium, and bears, after a tolerably long smooth surface, nume-, rous fertile stamens, similar to those at the base. The fruit of Gouroupita is globular or nearly so, coria- ceous and crowned with a sort of operculi- form cap, but which does not separate at maturity, as in Gouratari. The seeds have the same embryo as the last. In Lecythis (fig. 322-326), the pyxide fruit is often large and with very thick
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Kg. 322. Flower. Fig. 323 Long. sect, of flower. LecytJiU Ollaria. Lecythis Zaiueayo, ance of a sort of hood with its cavity over the summit of the gyneecium, and bears, after a tolerably long smooth surface, nume-, rous fertile stamens, similar to those at the base. The fruit of Gouroupita is globular or nearly so, coria- ceous and crowned with a sort of operculi- form cap, but which does not separate at maturity, as in Gouratari. The seeds have the same embryo as the last. In Lecythis (fig. 322-326), the pyxide fruit is often large and with very thick and woody coats; it opens by a lid like that of Gou- ratari, but it ap- proaches in form (fig. 324) that of Gouroupita. The flower also resemblance to that of the latter; but those of the stamens which are inserted on the upper part of the great cueuUiform ligule, are reduced to papilliform staminodes, instead of being fertile, like those of Gouroupita. The seeds enclose a fleshy and undivided 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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