. The natural history of plants. Botany. ue NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. the female tetramerous. In the latter case the receptacle for the female flower (figs. 266, 267) is gourd-shaped with a narrow neck, and contains a one-celled ovary, within which is a descending anatro- pous ovule whose micropyle looks upwards and towards the placenta/ The ovary bears a thick style, grooved down the placentary side and ending in a broad stigmatiferous head notched on the same side. The mouth of the receptacle gives insertion to a perianth of four thick-edged valvate leaves outside, and as many inside altern
. The natural history of plants. Botany. ue NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. the female tetramerous. In the latter case the receptacle for the female flower (figs. 266, 267) is gourd-shaped with a narrow neck, and contains a one-celled ovary, within which is a descending anatro- pous ovule whose micropyle looks upwards and towards the placenta/ The ovary bears a thick style, grooved down the placentary side and ending in a broad stigmatiferous head notched on the same side. The mouth of the receptacle gives insertion to a perianth of four thick-edged valvate leaves outside, and as many inside alternating Sernandia 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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