. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 416. Fruit. Fig. 417. DeMscing fruit. dal capsule, with four wing-shaped lobes corresponding to as many cells, each containing one or two seeds in the internal angle with albu- men wanting or very thin. The embryo ' has oblong cotyledons and a short superior and straight radicle. The only Aitonia known ® is a shrub with rigid branches, native of South Africa. The leaves are alternate or fasciculate, slightly developed, simple, entire, linear- oblong, nearly coriaceous, the petiole wanting or very short, exstipu- late. The flowers (reddish) are axil
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 416. Fruit. Fig. 417. DeMscing fruit. dal capsule, with four wing-shaped lobes corresponding to as many cells, each containing one or two seeds in the internal angle with albu- men wanting or very thin. The embryo ' has oblong cotyledons and a short superior and straight radicle. The only Aitonia known ® is a shrub with rigid branches, native of South Africa. The leaves are alternate or fasciculate, slightly developed, simple, entire, linear- oblong, nearly coriaceous, the petiole wanting or very short, exstipu- late. The flowers (reddish) are axillary, pedunculate, solitary or few in number. 1 Usually of a greenish colour. Bxot. t. 229.—Hakv. et Sond. Fl. Cai>. i. 243. 2 A. capensis L. fil. loo. eit.—Reichb. Icon. — Sot. Mag. t. 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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