. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. FIG. 25. FIG. 25.—CHRYSOGLOSSCM SP. THE FIG. OX THE LEFT REPRESENTS TWO FLORETSON FLOWER STEM; THAT ON THE RIGHT ONE CLEISTOGAHOUSLY FERTILISED. Phajus; so that it is probable that the ridge in the latterplant may be the remnant of its rostellum adherent to theback of the stigma. Abundant on trees at 2000 feet above the sea, I gathered thedull-flowered Eria albido-tomentosa, remarkable for having itsperianth densely covered with a felty mass of white wool. Itsanther is separated by
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. FIG. 25. FIG. 25.—CHRYSOGLOSSCM SP. THE FIG. OX THE LEFT REPRESENTS TWO FLORETSON FLOWER STEM; THAT ON THE RIGHT ONE CLEISTOGAHOUSLY FERTILISED. Phajus; so that it is probable that the ridge in the latterplant may be the remnant of its rostellum adherent to theback of the stigma. Abundant on trees at 2000 feet above the sea, I gathered thedull-flowered Eria albido-tomentosa, remarkable for having itsperianth densely covered with a felty mass of white wool. Itsanther is separated by a rim-like rostellum from the broad andrather shallow stigma. Out of sixty flowers which I examined atvarious times, I did not find one otherwise than self-fertilisedwhile still in the bud, by the viscid matter of the stigma swelling IN JAVA. 95 up and inundating, by the channels at the side of the rostellum,at least the most external pollen masses on each side. Thesepollinia emit their tubes over the rim of the rostellum, almostobliterating it, into the stylary canal. On the opening of theflower and the
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