. The natural history of plants. Botany. 110 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. already existed in a soft state below the surface of ovary. It opens elastically into six panels, and allows three seeds to escape,^ (fig. 160, 161), whose coat is spotted, the exostome being thickened into a snbglobular umbilicate bilobed caruncle. The embryo and Eioiims Fig. 153. Habit (^V) â oily albumen are analogous to those of Euphorhia. Several species of Ricinus have been described ;. but there is really only one very communis varied in form, R. now naturalized in all warm countries. It there become
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 110 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. already existed in a soft state below the surface of ovary. It opens elastically into six panels, and allows three seeds to escape,^ (fig. 160, 161), whose coat is spotted, the exostome being thickened into a snbglobular umbilicate bilobed caruncle. The embryo and Eioiims Fig. 153. Habit (^V) â oily albumen are analogous to those of Euphorhia. Several species of Ricinus have been described ;. but there is really only one very communis varied in form, R. now naturalized in all warm countries. It there becomes arborescent. a native, it is said, of India, and ' See A. Gk. in Ann. So. Nat. ser. 4. xvii. 312. 2 L. Spec. ed. 1, 1007.âM. Aeg. Frodr. 1017. âA. africamis Mill.âR. americanus Hort.âiJ. armalns Ande.âiJ. badius Eeichb.âR digita- , tus NOK. â â R. eurofaus Nees. â M. glaucas HoppMSG.âR. hyhidtts ^Ef-s.âiJ. incrmi's JAca. âR. Erappa Steud.âE. Itcvis DC.âR. Iciico- carpus Bertol.âR. lividm Jaco.â-R. macrocar- pus Stetid.âiJ. medieus Foksk.âR. megalos- permus Steud.â ? R. paniculatua Link.â2J. pcrenms hort. â R. puipwasceiis Bertol.âJS. riigoiws Mill.â-R. rutilam Desf. â R. san- guineus hort.âR. scaber Beutol.âR. sjieciosus. 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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