. The natural history of plants. Botany. 394 NATURAL EI8T0BY OF PLANTS. always solitary. The ovule is always orthotropous in these genera, of which the first and the two last are Oceanian, and the two others natives of South Africa. IV. FEANKLANDIA SERIES. FranMandiafitcifolia. This series only contains the genns FranMandia} (fig. 233), the only known species^ of which has regular hermaphrodite flowers. The long perianth is hypocrateri- form or with a tubular base. The limb expands into four acute lobes induplicate in the bud; and these four leaves are free for about half- way down the tube. T
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 394 NATURAL EI8T0BY OF PLANTS. always solitary. The ovule is always orthotropous in these genera, of which the first and the two last are Oceanian, and the two others natives of South Africa. IV. FEANKLANDIA SERIES. FranMandiafitcifolia. This series only contains the genns FranMandia} (fig. 233), the only known species^ of which has regular hermaphrodite flowers. The long perianth is hypocrateri- form or with a tubular base. The limb expands into four acute lobes induplicate in the bud; and these four leaves are free for about half- way down the tube. There lie the stamens, which adhere to the peri- anth not only by their filaments but also by nearly the whole length of their introrse two-celled anthers; these early dehisce by two lon- gitudinal clefts.^ The gynseceum consists of an ovary with a very taper base. Not far from the sum- mit of the ovary-cell is a single descending orthotropous ovule; the slender style ends in a little dilated stigmatiferous head, dilated, truncate, or even subconcave. Around the ovary is a disk of four triangular tongues, alternate with the perianth-leaves, and rising up around the gynseceum to form a sort of 4-sided pyramidal roof, whose apex, traversed by the style, is divided into its four pieces. The fruit is dry, dilated at the apex into a cupule surrounded by hairs. It is protected by the persistent inferior part of the perianth, and contains a seed whose fleshy embryo has very short. Pig. 233. Longitudinal section of flower. ' R. Be., in Trans. Litm. Soc, x. 48, 157; Frodr., 370 j Gen. Bern, on, Sot, of Terr. Austral., 604, t. 6 j Suppl., 11.—Endl., &en., n. 2134; Icomgr., t. 52.—Meissn., Prodr., 327. ^ F. fucifoUa R. Bb., loc. cit.—Mbissit., in Plant. Preiss., i. 530.—F. Muell., Fragm., vi. 223.—Benth. & F. MuBLL., Fl. Austr., v. 376. [These authors add another species, F. triaris- tata Benth., I. c] 3 The pollen is elliptical according to Please note that th
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