. The natural history of plants. Botany. MELIAGEJE. 479 (juinquefid, with obtuse divisions, slightly quincuncially imbricate. Witb them alternate five longer, obtuse, reflexed petals, tapering at the base, whose prsefloration is generally contorted. Then comes an androceum of ten stamens superposed, five to the sepals, and five to the petals. The bilooular introrse anthers, dehiscent by two longi- Swieienia Mahogoni,. Fig. 473. Longitudinal section of flower. Fig. 471. Bud {\). Fig. 476. Dehiscent fruit. Fig. 474. Flower, with Fig. 475. perianth removed. Flower, -with perianth and androceum re
. The natural history of plants. Botany. MELIAGEJE. 479 (juinquefid, with obtuse divisions, slightly quincuncially imbricate. Witb them alternate five longer, obtuse, reflexed petals, tapering at the base, whose prsefloration is generally contorted. Then comes an androceum of ten stamens superposed, five to the sepals, and five to the petals. The bilooular introrse anthers, dehiscent by two longi- Swieienia Mahogoni,. Fig. 473. Longitudinal section of flower. Fig. 471. Bud {\). Fig. 476. Dehiscent fruit. Fig. 474. Flower, with Fig. 475. perianth removed. Flower, -with perianth and androceum removed. tudinal clefts, are inserted near the upper orifice of an urceolate sack formed by the union of the monadelphous filaments, and in the in- terval of the ten projecting teeth into which the urceolate edge is cut. This contains the free and superior gynaeceum formed of an ovary surrounded by a circular or obscurely crenulate disk, and sur- mounted by a style whose summit is dilated to a large stigmatiferous mass with five lobes separated by radiating grooves. In the internal angle of each ovarian cell, superposed to a petal, are found numerous anatropal descendent ^ ovules, arranged in two vertical series. The fruit is a nearly ovoid ^ septicidal capsule, whose five bilaminate valves are separated above and below by a thick columella, dilated below into five short wings, and loaded with numerous seeds, imbri- ' A douhle coat. 2 Slightly compressed in one 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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