. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. IN JAVA. 87 narrow channel by which tho viscid matter of the stigma reaches the anther. In examining an advanced bud, the viscid matter of the stigma is seen to be in large quantity and rather liquid. It increases with the growth of the flower till it overflows,—often before the bud opens—and, immediately on its opening, inundates the poUinia, which now increase in size, and either avalanche downwards, sometimes quite obliterating the rostellum (Fig. 2, p. 86); or,
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. IN JAVA. 87 narrow channel by which tho viscid matter of the stigma reaches the anther. In examining an advanced bud, the viscid matter of the stigma is seen to be in large quantity and rather liquid. It increases with the growth of the flower till it overflows,—often before the bud opens—and, immediately on its opening, inundates the poUinia, which now increase in size, and either avalanche downwards, sometimes quite obliterating the rostellum (Fig. 2, p. 86); or, while retaining their position in the anther, emit their tubes over the narrower portion of the rostellum into the stylary canal. Very often both anther and stigma become quite filled up by the multitude of pollen- tubes and by the swollen poUinia. All these plants produced large and well-filled seed-capsules on every flower; but I. 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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