. The natural history of plants. Botany. 353 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. opposite, often coriaceous, with interpetiolar stipules. The inflo- rescences are terminal and axillary false-capitules. In those forming the genus Breonia, shrubs of Madagascar, the common peduncle may bear a spathehke involucre at first enveloping the inflorescence, then prolonged above it in a sort of long horny beak. XII. DIERYILLA SERIES. Biervilia (Weigelia) japonica. Di&i'villa acadiensis. The flower and fruit in Diervilla^ (fig. 355-359) are in construction the same as in many Cinchonece; but the leaves are wit
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 353 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. opposite, often coriaceous, with interpetiolar stipules. The inflo- rescences are terminal and axillary false-capitules. In those forming the genus Breonia, shrubs of Madagascar, the common peduncle may bear a spathehke involucre at first enveloping the inflorescence, then prolonged above it in a sort of long horny beak. XII. DIERYILLA SERIES. Biervilia (Weigelia) japonica. Di&i'villa acadiensis. The flower and fruit in Diervilla^ (fig. 355-359) are in construction the same as in many Cinchonece; but the leaves are without stipules. The floral recep- tacle, in the form of an elongate gourd with narrow neck, bears on its margin five elongate se- pals, united at the base, often persis- tent. The corolla, fun- nel- or bell- shaped, is nearly regu- lar. One of : its five lobes,. Fig. 356. Long. sect, of flower {}). however, the anterior, often differs somewhat from Piff. 355. FloriferouB brancli (i). ,. , ,. , , . , ,. i the rest, particularly m coloration, and its base is accompanied with a gland of variable form, not found. 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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