. The natural history of plants. Botany. LEGTJMINOBM-OMSALPimH^. 91 five large nearly equal alternating petals, also imbricate in the bud. The stamens, ten in number, have their filaments inflexed in the bud; and hence the anthers are contained in the concavity of the recep- tacle. The ovary is central and multiovulate, surmounted by a style, which is at first involute and is dilated above into a peltate stigma. Thus, the flowers of this plant in all respects resemble those of Thy- lacanthus ferrugineus; but the peculiar character of Bicymhe lies in the lateral bractlets enveloping the flower,
. The natural history of plants. Botany. LEGTJMINOBM-OMSALPimH^. 91 five large nearly equal alternating petals, also imbricate in the bud. The stamens, ten in number, have their filaments inflexed in the bud; and hence the anthers are contained in the concavity of the recep- tacle. The ovary is central and multiovulate, surmounted by a style, which is at first involute and is dilated above into a peltate stigma. Thus, the flowers of this plant in all respects resemble those of Thy- lacanthus ferrugineus; but the peculiar character of Bicymhe lies in the lateral bractlets enveloping the flower, each forming a hollow coriaceous hemisphere, so that when applied to one another by their thick edges they form a regular globular box. This sac is not nearly so thick in T. ferrugineus, whose calyx is always pentamerous, whose petals have far narrower bases, and whose ovules are less numerous. For these reasons we make Bicymhe a simple section of the genus Thylacanthus, with the specific name of T. corymbosa. Campsiandra^ with the general characters of the preceding genera, and especially of Melanoxylon, presents an androceum of more than Camjisiandra 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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