. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. SAPOTACEAE 449 the two preceding staminal whorls in the same way as the petals alternate with the sepals in the two-whorled calyx. The flowers are proterogynous; the tip of the style with the sticky stigma appearing above the corolla before the expan-. FiG. 214. Achras Sapota. A. Flowering shoot. B. Floral diagram. C. Flower in female condition. D. Flower with corolla opened out; a whorl of petal- like staminodes alternates with the corolla-lobes. E. Fruit; the left side in longitudinal section; the right shewing transverse and longitudinal sec
. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. SAPOTACEAE 449 the two preceding staminal whorls in the same way as the petals alternate with the sepals in the two-whorled calyx. The flowers are proterogynous; the tip of the style with the sticky stigma appearing above the corolla before the expan-. FiG. 214. Achras Sapota. A. Flowering shoot. B. Floral diagram. C. Flower in female condition. D. Flower with corolla opened out; a whorl of petal- like staminodes alternates with the corolla-lobes. E. Fruit; the left side in longitudinal section; the right shewing transverse and longitudinal sections. F. Seed, seen from the back, shewing the long hilum. G. Seed in longitudinal section shewing embryo. C, D enlarged; A reduced; E-G slightly reduced. (After Engler and Flor. Bras.) sion of the latter; at this stage the flowers are erect, but they usually become pendulous by bending of the stalk during dehiscence of the anthers, which is generally extrorse by longitudinal slits. The inner pulp of the berry is traversed by numerous latex-sacs; in the larger fruits the epidermis is replaced by R. II. 29. 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 Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938. Cambridge, University press
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