. The natural history of plants. Botany. 104 NATURAL mSTORY OF PLANTS. Gyrincps Walla. Gyrinops Walla'^ (fig. 70, 71), a shrub from Ceylon, similar to Aquilaria in its organs of vegetation, differs in that the throat of its narrowly tubular receptacle gives insertion to only five oppositi- petalous stamens and to an equal number of alternate scales, forming by their contiguity a short col- larette covered with hairs, and in that their bilocular ovary is sup- ported by a long foot.* Fhaleria^ shrubs from all the tropical regions of Asia and Oceania, differs directly from the preceding genera by
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 104 NATURAL mSTORY OF PLANTS. Gyrincps Walla. Gyrinops Walla'^ (fig. 70, 71), a shrub from Ceylon, similar to Aquilaria in its organs of vegetation, differs in that the throat of its narrowly tubular receptacle gives insertion to only five oppositi- petalous stamens and to an equal number of alternate scales, forming by their contiguity a short col- larette covered with hairs, and in that their bilocular ovary is sup- ported by a long foot.* Fhaleria^ shrubs from all the tropical regions of Asia and Oceania, differs directly from the preceding genera by its opposite leaves. The flowers have also a long tubular receptacle, but coloured and petaloid, as well as imbricate sepals,* to the number of four or five, which are inserted in the throat. It is lined with a very thin disk which thickens only at the throat and there termi- nates in a straight or festooned edge, or is dilated into lobes which project into the intervals between the superior stamens. The latter are the same in number as the parts of the perianth to which they are superposed, whilst the alternate stamens are situated lower down on the receptacular tube. All are composed of one filament of variable length and one bilocular and introrse anther, dehiscing by two longitudinal clefts. The ovary, with two or often a single cell, is surrounded at the base by a cupuliform and membranous disk, entire or lobed, and surmounted by a style, like the staminal fila-. 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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