. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. , where the anther-capis removed. On the conclusion of these singular movements no remainsof the stigma can be seen. As a rule these operations are con^eluded before the full expanding of the flower, whose petals,after remaining expanded for only afew hours, fade, and, closing round thecolumn, exclude any intruder from dis-turbing the interesting and mysteriousrites of nature being enacted have found that in some cases therostellum (the upper margin of thestigma) is not inv
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. , where the anther-capis removed. On the conclusion of these singular movements no remainsof the stigma can be seen. As a rule these operations are con^eluded before the full expanding of the flower, whose petals,after remaining expanded for only afew hours, fade, and, closing round thecolumn, exclude any intruder from dis-turbing the interesting and mysteriousrites of nature being enacted have found that in some cases therostellum (the upper margin of thestigma) is not invaginated down thestylary canal, but retains the morenatural orchideal form of a broad flat fig. 22.—arundinfloor to the anther, projecting far overthe stigma as seen in Fig. 22. Whenthe flower of Arundina speciosa has thisrare form it invariably, as far as myobservations enable me to speak, falls off unfertilii>ed. Thepollinia also lie far back in the anther, and are entirely con-cealed by the anther-case, which fits close down all round. Aninsect, to secure the pollinia, would require to alight on the. A SPECIOSA,SHOWING THE SECOND FORMOF FLOWER; E, F, AS INFIG. 16; I, RIDGE ON FLOOROF ANTHER H; K, BOUNDARYOF ANTHER-CAP. IZ32-
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