. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 72 FLOWERING PLANTS reduced to an embryo-sac, and often united with the ovary-wall. The fruit is a nut containing one seed which consists merely of a. Fig. 28. A. Male plant of Balanophora dioica. B. Male flower of B. elongata. C. Portion of female spike cut vertically shewdng sterile apex, a, and several flowers each consisting of an ovary with, a single pendulous ovule and a long thread-like style. D. Fruit of B. elongata in vertical section; s, seed; e, embryo; n, endosperm. E. Branch of male inflorescence of Sarcophyte sanguinea. F. One mal


. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. 72 FLOWERING PLANTS reduced to an embryo-sac, and often united with the ovary-wall. The fruit is a nut containing one seed which consists merely of a. Fig. 28. A. Male plant of Balanophora dioica. B. Male flower of B. elongata. C. Portion of female spike cut vertically shewdng sterile apex, a, and several flowers each consisting of an ovary with, a single pendulous ovule and a long thread-like style. D. Fruit of B. elongata in vertical section; s, seed; e, embryo; n, endosperm. E. Branch of male inflorescence of Sarcophyte sanguinea. F. One male flower of same, consisting of three perianth-leaves and three stamens. G. One perianth-leaf with stamen, in bud, the anther cut across. H. Ovary of Lophophytum mirahile in vertical section; o, ovule; k, group of sclerenchyma. F x 3, G x 8; B, C, D, H variously enlarged. (After Baillon, Hooker, Eichler and Engler.) fleshy oily endosperm enclosing at the apex a small undifferentiated 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 Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938. Cambridge, University press


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