. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 202. Female flower. Fig. 204. Toung fruit in involucre. Fig. 203. Long. sect, of female flower. separated by thick partitions,*^ from the internal angle of which-'' de- scend .two collateral anatropous ovules, with micropyle directed upwards and outwards/ The style is divided, nearly from its base, into three simple elongate slender (fig. 202, 203), or oftener short and thick^ (fig. 205, 206) branches,* covered within and above ^ Transfor'ned even into small leaves on cer- tain abnormal involucres of the common Beech. 2 Their transverse section has
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 202. Female flower. Fig. 204. Toung fruit in involucre. Fig. 203. Long. sect, of female flower. separated by thick partitions,*^ from the internal angle of which-'' de- scend .two collateral anatropous ovules, with micropyle directed upwards and outwards/ The style is divided, nearly from its base, into three simple elongate slender (fig. 202, 203), or oftener short and thick^ (fig. 205, 206) branches,* covered within and above ^ Transfor'ned even into small leaves on cer- tain abnormal involucres of the common Beech. 2 Their transverse section has the form of an isosceles triangle with apex interior. ' When this thickened angle separates, at a certain age, from the rest of the partitions, the placenta appears almost centrally free. * With double envelope. * In those of the species of the sect. Eitfagus (A. DC. Trodr. 118 \—Fagus Bl. Mus. i. 306) which inhabit the northern hemisphere notably in our common Beech. * In the species of the same section which belong to the southern 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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