. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 210. Young- male bud (|). Fig. 211. Long. sect, of male bud. gynseceum, as in the female flower we see no trace of the male organ. The gynseceum alone is found within the sepals, formed of an ovary with three cells alternating with them, and surmounted by a M^caria[AdenopeUis) stylc whosc three revolute branches are charged within with stigmatic papillae. In the inner angle of each cell is inserted a descendent ana- tropous ovule, with exterior and superior micro- pyle, capped by an obturator. The fruit is capsular, dehiscing in three bi-valve and
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 210. Young- male bud (|). Fig. 211. Long. sect, of male bud. gynseceum, as in the female flower we see no trace of the male organ. The gynseceum alone is found within the sepals, formed of an ovary with three cells alternating with them, and surmounted by a M^caria[AdenopeUis) stylc whosc three revolute branches are charged within with stigmatic papillae. In the inner angle of each cell is inserted a descendent ana- tropous ovule, with exterior and superior micro- pyle, capped by an obturator. The fruit is capsular, dehiscing in three bi-valve and mono- spermous shells; and the exariUate seed contains under its coats an abundant fleshy albumen at the centre of which is an embryo with foliaceous cotyledons much larger than the superior cylindri- cal radicle. In certain species of Exccecaria, such as E. Lastellei,'^ the number of stamens may be as many as Fig. 212. Inflorescence (f). Fig. 213. Male flower, seven or eight, all the Other cha- racters remaining the same. In those distinguished under the name of Maprounea^ (fig. 207-209), the two stamens have their filaments united to a great height in a long column, and the common part of. 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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