. The natural history of plants. Botany. 268 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. other genera, in particular Anogeissus, Buchenavia, Bucida, Chuncoa, Conocarpus, Pentaptera, Bamaf/uella, whicli we can separate from it only as sub-genera. Terminalia proper lias hermaphrodite, poly- gamous or dioecious flowers, the narrow receptacle of which, after '5 Terminalia Fig. 236. Flower (J). Fig. 235. Floriferous â branch. Fig. 237. Long, sect, of flower. Terminnlia {^Anogeissus) leiocarpa. enveloping the ovary, immediately expands into a cup similar to that of Combretum, and bears four or five val
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 268 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. other genera, in particular Anogeissus, Buchenavia, Bucida, Chuncoa, Conocarpus, Pentaptera, Bamaf/uella, whicli we can separate from it only as sub-genera. Terminalia proper lias hermaphrodite, poly- gamous or dioecious flowers, the narrow receptacle of which, after '5 Terminalia Fig. 236. Flower (J). Fig. 235. Floriferous â branch. Fig. 237. Long, sect, of flower. Terminnlia {^Anogeissus) leiocarpa. enveloping the ovary, immediately expands into a cup similar to that of Combretum, and bears four or five valvate sepals, two series of stamens inserted around the base of the style, ordinarily surrounded by a hairy epigynous disk annular or lobed. In the unilocular ovary are found two or three descending ovules similar to those of Laguncularia. The fruit, not, as usual, crowned with the caducous calyx, is very variable in appearance, consistence, and form. 'In Badamia, Myrobalanus, and Pa- mcea, it is ovoid, with a roundish or angular putamen. In Catapjoa and Anogeissus, it is compressed or dilated into two marginal wings (fig. 238, 239). In Chuncoa, species whose leaves are frequently opposite and furnished with two glands at the base of the inferior surface, it is small, coriaceous, and prolonged to 2-5 expanded membranous wings. In Pentaptera, the leaves of which have ordinarily the same characters, the putamen is osseous or woody, and the wings are 5-7 in number. Bamatuella, from. 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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