. The origin of floral structures : through insect and other agencies. Plants; Flowers; Flowers. 296 THE STRUCTURE OF FLOWERS. Bcpchia diosmoefolia; * but as they grew on the interior of the wall and not on an axile placenta, as is the normal con- dition, in the Myrtacece, I expect that it was due to the staminal vascular cords branching off and coming out of the tissue within instead of at the summit of the hollow recepta- cnlar tube, the carpels being more or less arrested. A not t uncommon instance is to find the pistils of Willows with open ovaries and bearing one or more anthers on the ma
. The origin of floral structures : through insect and other agencies. Plants; Flowers; Flowers. 296 THE STRUCTURE OF FLOWERS. Bcpchia diosmoefolia; * but as they grew on the interior of the wall and not on an axile placenta, as is the normal con- dition, in the Myrtacece, I expect that it was due to the staminal vascular cords branching off and coming out of the tissue within instead of at the summit of the hollow recepta- cnlar tube, the carpels being more or less arrested. A not t uncommon instance is to find the pistils of Willows with open ovaries and bearing one or more anthers on the margins (Pig. 78, a). I have met with a similar occurrence in Banunculw auricomus (Fig. 78, 6). Pistils of other flowers. 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 Henslow, George, 1835-1925. New York : Appleton
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