. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. 90 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS the longitudinal section, Fig. 10. The stigma is triangular, with its apex downwards. There is no nectary. The stigmatic substance becomes viscid even in the young bud ; and as soon as the anther has rotated into its normal position, it begins to increase in quantity—the increase is often so great that it bulges out in front of the rim of the stigma—and, swelling up, flows over into the anther by the canals (seen in Fig. 15), between the
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. 90 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS the longitudinal section, Fig. 10. The stigma is triangular, with its apex downwards. There is no nectary. The stigmatic substance becomes viscid even in the young bud ; and as soon as the anther has rotated into its normal position, it begins to increase in quantity—the increase is often so great that it bulges out in front of the rim of the stigma—and, swelling up, flows over into the anther by the canals (seen in Fig. 15), between the column and the edge of the rostellum. Even before the opening of the flower I have found the external pollen masses on each side bathed with the stigmatic fluid, and already exserting their tubes. These descend by the grooves I have mentioned on both sides to the stylary canal. Concomitant with the flood- ing of the anther there has been taking place a slow approxi- mation of the under side of the rostellum to the lower lip of the stigma, till its lobes finally embrace the rostellum, bind- ing down the whole anther (Figs. 10, 12), so that when the. FIG. 13.—SPATHOGLOTTIS PLICATA SAME AS FIG. 12, BUT WITH AJJTHER-OAP REMOVED ; B, C, G, A3 IN FIG. 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 Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932. New York, Harper
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