. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 469. Flower Fig. 470. Long, sect, of flower. Fig. 471. Fniit. to a single verticil. All the other im- portant traits of their organization are those of Haloragis. Thus, the floral re- ceptacle is concave, bell-shaped, and its cavity is filled by the adnate and inferior ovary, the cells of which, three or four in number, contain each a descending ovule, with micropyle interior and superior. On the margin of the recep- tacle are inserted epigynously the sepals, which are valvate, and the superposed stamens, the filaments of which are short and erect
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 469. Flower Fig. 470. Long, sect, of flower. Fig. 471. Fniit. to a single verticil. All the other im- portant traits of their organization are those of Haloragis. Thus, the floral re- ceptacle is concave, bell-shaped, and its cavity is filled by the adnate and inferior ovary, the cells of which, three or four in number, contain each a descending ovule, with micropyle interior and superior. On the margin of the recep- tacle are inserted epigynously the sepals, which are valvate, and the superposed stamens, the filaments of which are short and erect and the anthers basifixed. Two species ^ are known, from the Antilles and North America. Fig. 468. Floriferous and fructiferous trancli. VI. GUNNEEA SEEIES. Gunnera* (fig. 472-475) has polygamous or monoecious flowers. In those which are hermaphrodite (fig. 475) and generally dime- ' L. Gen. n. 102.—J. Oen. 68 ; Ann. Mm. iii. 320, t. 30.—Lamk. III. t. fiO.—PoiR. Diet. viii. 117 ; Suppl. T. 369.—DO. Frodr. iii. 67.—Endl. Gen. u. 6'l37.—B. H. Gen. 675, n. 5.—H. Bn. Fager Fam. Nat. 377.—Trixis Mitch. Fph. Cur. Nat. (1748) n. 23, c. ic—Gjeetn. Fruct. i. 115, t. 24 (not P. Br.). ^ Small, greenish or brownish. 3 ToRR. et Gr. Fl. i. (1840) 6'Z8.— A. Gray, Man. ed. 5, 175. * L. Mantiss. 16,21; Gen. n. 1272; Amcen. vii. 495.—J. Gen. 405, 452.—Lamk. Diet. iii. 61 j. 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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