. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. DISPERSION. 3°7 it were not caught and retained by the long fila- ments. It is probable that the object is to obtain a more perfect maturity of the seeds before they drop to the There is probably some relation in principle between the suspension of the. seeds in gahnia to what takes place amongst the members of one or two families of trees. For instance, the mangroves, which inhabit the swamps on the margins of great rivers, generally retain their seeds suspended to the branch until after germina- tion h
. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or, Curiosities of vegetation. Plant anatomy. DISPERSION. 3°7 it were not caught and retained by the long fila- ments. It is probable that the object is to obtain a more perfect maturity of the seeds before they drop to the There is probably some relation in principle between the suspension of the. seeds in gahnia to what takes place amongst the members of one or two families of trees. For instance, the mangroves, which inhabit the swamps on the margins of great rivers, generally retain their seeds suspended to the branch until after germina- tion has commenced, and when they drop it is into the soft mud, where they imme- diately take root. In like manner some of the Mag- nolias have the seeds sus- pended at the end of the umbilical cords from the margins of the carpels, presumably in order that they may reach a proper degree of maturity before they fall. Examples of this kind are not numerous, but. Fig. 62.—Fruit of Gahnia xanthophylla suspended. " Gardener's ; 1 "Gardener's Chronicle," December 13, 1873. x 2. 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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), b. 1825. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York, E. & J. B. Young
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