. The natural history of plants. Botany. 436 NATURAL HISTORY OP PLANTS. and more open receptacle, from four to seven thick triangular and valvate sepals, an equal number of petals, very numerous stamens, and an ovary with 4-8 multiovulate cells. The capsular fruit sup- ported by the receptacular cupule, is loculicidal and polyspermous. The seeds are small, scobiform, curved and irregularly winged. Lawsonia may be considered a reduced type of the preceding genera. The small flowers (fig. 407-409) have only four parts, a diploste- L"gersti(emia Fig. 405. Flower. Fig. 406. Long. sec
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 436 NATURAL HISTORY OP PLANTS. and more open receptacle, from four to seven thick triangular and valvate sepals, an equal number of petals, very numerous stamens, and an ovary with 4-8 multiovulate cells. The capsular fruit sup- ported by the receptacular cupule, is loculicidal and polyspermous. The seeds are small, scobiform, curved and irregularly winged. Lawsonia may be considered a reduced type of the preceding genera. The small flowers (fig. 407-409) have only four parts, a diploste- L"gersti(emia Fig. 405. Flower. Fig. 406. Long. sect, of flower. monous andrcecium, and four multiovulate cells in the ovary. But the receptacular cupule encircles only the base of the coriaceous capsule, which finally breaks in an irregular manner. In the flower Lawsonia 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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