. The natural history of plants. Botany. 144 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. and stigmata not plumose as in Gironniera, stipules united in pairs like those of Parasponia; but the flowers are monoecious and not dioecio-polygamous. The same is the case with those of Aphananthe, spinous trees of the Cape, with fruit accompanied at the base with the persistent calyx and filiform style-branches, but possessing a valvate-induplicate calyx and stipules united to each other in one large membranous axillary blade, which is early detached in one piece, nearly like those of Parasponia. Ampelocera cannot, appa
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 144 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. and stigmata not plumose as in Gironniera, stipules united in pairs like those of Parasponia; but the flowers are monoecious and not dioecio-polygamous. The same is the case with those of Aphananthe, spinous trees of the Cape, with fruit accompanied at the base with the persistent calyx and filiform style-branches, but possessing a valvate-induplicate calyx and stipules united to each other in one large membranous axillary blade, which is early detached in one piece, nearly like those of Parasponia. Ampelocera cannot, apparently to us, be removed from Celtis, to which, by its stamens 10 to 15 in number, it bears nearly the same relation as Holoptelea to Ulmus. The gynsecium is also quite that of a Lotus, and the fleshy fruit is monospermous. It comprises trees of tropical America, with alternate leaves and membranous caducous stipules. II. MULBEEEY SERIES. In the Mulberry^ (flg. 98-101), the unisexual, monoecious or Morus 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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