. The natural history of plants. Botany. LEGUMTNOSM-G^SALPINIE^. 89 alternate imparipinnate leaves, which once more demonstrates the close relations between that order and Leguminosce. V. atnericana inhabits Guiana and North Brazil. Vouacafoua Pia. 60. Habit (I). The flowers of Melanoxylon^ come very near those of Pceppigia. The campaniilate receptacle is still deeper, the scarcely irregular pentamerous calyx and corolla are imbricated, and the ten filaments have straight anthers villous at the base. The gynseceum is central or subcentral, and the ovary is borne on a long thick foo


. The natural history of plants. Botany. LEGUMTNOSM-G^SALPINIE^. 89 alternate imparipinnate leaves, which once more demonstrates the close relations between that order and Leguminosce. V. atnericana inhabits Guiana and North Brazil. Vouacafoua Pia. 60. Habit (I). The flowers of Melanoxylon^ come very near those of Pceppigia. The campaniilate receptacle is still deeper, the scarcely irregular pentamerous calyx and corolla are imbricated, and the ten filaments have straight anthers villous at the base. The gynseceum is central or subcentral, and the ovary is borne on a long thick foot;- it con- tains numerous ovules, and is surmounted by a style with a concave truncate apex, edged by stigmatic papillae. The fruit has a large â SCHOTT, ap. Spbbno., Syst., Cur. Post., 406.âEndl., era., n. 6761.âB. H., Gen., 563, n. 301.âFerittium VoG., in Linnaa, xi. 408. 2 It has been described as sessile, but its elongated flattened base is solid, and must hence be regarded as a 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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