. The natural history of plants. Botany. 278 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. surmotmted by a style, more or less eccentric,^ more or less lengthened,'* dilated at its apex into a small stigmatiferous head. On its anterior wall, the ovary cell presents a placenta bearing above two collateral descendent ovules, supported by an arched funicle sometimes dilated above the micropyle; this is directed inwards and upwards under the point of attachment, the raphe being dorsal. The fruit is a drupe, glabrous or pubescent, whose stone contains a descendent seed with abundant fleshy albu- men, and in whose axi
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 278 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. surmotmted by a style, more or less eccentric,^ more or less lengthened,'* dilated at its apex into a small stigmatiferous head. On its anterior wall, the ovary cell presents a placenta bearing above two collateral descendent ovules, supported by an arched funicle sometimes dilated above the micropyle; this is directed inwards and upwards under the point of attachment, the raphe being dorsal. The fruit is a drupe, glabrous or pubescent, whose stone contains a descendent seed with abundant fleshy albu- men, and in whose axis is found an inverted embryo, having a short superior radicle and large, foliaceous, thin cotyledons, flat, or arched. Emmotum 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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