. The natural history of plants. Botany. 114 NATURAL HI8T0BY OF PLANTS. two-lobed, more rarely bifoliolate with tlie petiole prolonged into a point between the two symmetrical leaflets; the lateral stipules vary in form, and are often small and caducous. The flowers are racemes, simple and axillary or terminal, or ramified and terminal. Griffonia^ comes very near Bauldnia, from which it is distinguished by its subcampanulate imbricated calyx, inserted on top of the tubular receptacle. The five petals are nearly equal, and are also imbricate. The ten stamens, inserted in the throat of the recep
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 114 NATURAL HI8T0BY OF PLANTS. two-lobed, more rarely bifoliolate with tlie petiole prolonged into a point between the two symmetrical leaflets; the lateral stipules vary in form, and are often small and caducous. The flowers are racemes, simple and axillary or terminal, or ramified and terminal. Griffonia^ comes very near Bauldnia, from which it is distinguished by its subcampanulate imbricated calyx, inserted on top of the tubular receptacle. The five petals are nearly equal, and are also imbricate. The ten stamens, inserted in the throat of the receptacle, are free and fertile, with versatile introrse two-celled anthers. The gynseceum, too, is inserted on the edge of the receptacular tube on the side opposite to the vexillary petal. The ovary, borne on a long foot, coniains an indefinite number of ovules, whose placenta is on the side next the receptacular cavity ; it is surmounted by a short style, tapering at the apex. The fruit is a stipitate obliquely oblong turgid bivalve few-seeded pod. Griffonia consists of two or three species of climbing shrubs from the west of tropical Africa,^ with alternate simple coriaceous leaves, and flowers in simple or compound racemes, terminal, axillary, or more or less supra-axillary. Qercis 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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