. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . abel. Anther hemispherical, terminal, moveable, deciduous,bilocular; pollen-masses two, yellow, opaquely frosted, solid,of a cartilaginous consistence, depressedly hemispherical,something of the shape of the knee-pan in miniature, hori-zontal, fixed side by side at their inner margins in a hori-zontal direction to a membranous subsagittately dilated pe-dicle, which adheres to the front edge of the apex of thecolumn, flattish underneath, where within the edge of theperiphery of their outer sides they are pierced for about halftheir di
. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . abel. Anther hemispherical, terminal, moveable, deciduous,bilocular; pollen-masses two, yellow, opaquely frosted, solid,of a cartilaginous consistence, depressedly hemispherical,something of the shape of the knee-pan in miniature, hori-zontal, fixed side by side at their inner margins in a hori-zontal direction to a membranous subsagittately dilated pe-dicle, which adheres to the front edge of the apex of thecolumn, flattish underneath, where within the edge of theperiphery of their outer sides they are pierced for about halftheir diameter obliquely with a compressed triangular punc-ture which points towards their centre. Stigma placed infront at the base and within the hollow of the column,looking upwards, white, resembling two small studs orbosses, opposite the foot of the label. a The two pollen-masses with their pedicle, removed from the receptacleof the anther, in the state they appear when they have left the summit of thecolumn to apply themselves to the stigma at the foot. 13 f. ltd ^. ly Tti^v^ay k Sons J^ca/ 2,28ii:- Boiituit Yx^jIxs: Ulu^Ul^. 284 BEGONIA begonia. MONCECIA POLYANDRIA. Nat. ord. Plantae incertae sedis. Polypetalae genuine infero. Jussieugen. 436. Begoniace^. Bonpland nav. Sf malm. Masculi flores. Cal. 0. Cor. pet, 4- (in odopetala6-9: plerumque subrotunda (in ferruginea, omnia subaequalia oblonga). numerosa (15-100) receptaculo inserta, brevissima, interdum badcoalita. Anth. oblongae, erectae. Fceminei flores, plerumque in eodemcum masculis pedunculo communi. CaL 0. Cor. pet. plurirais 5, aliis 6,aliis forte 4, plerumque inaequalia. Germ, inferum, 3-quetrum, in plurimisalatum. Styli plerisque 3, bifidi. Stig. 6. Caps, plerisque 3-quetra,alata, 3-loc., basi secus alas dehiscens; aliis biloc.; aliis forte in Trans, linn. soc. 1. 158. Div. II. Caidescentes, folds humilis caulescens erecta, foliis hispidis sem
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