. The origin of floral structures : through insect and other agencies. Plants; Flowers; Flowers. Fig. 62 —Infloreecence of Cdrntts fiorida, with fuur white petaloid bracts. Fig. 63.—ItifloresceDce oF Darviinia, with coloured petaloid bracts. or less staminoid character. This is rare, but it has been noticed in Abies excelsa* A substitution of anthers for bracts has been seen in Melianthtis major, f concerning which Sig. Licopoli remarks that the flowers of chiefly the terminal racemes were imperfect, the summit of the floriferous axis bearing a tuft of perfect and imperfect anthers the petals
. The origin of floral structures : through insect and other agencies. Plants; Flowers; Flowers. Fig. 62 —Infloreecence of Cdrntts fiorida, with fuur white petaloid bracts. Fig. 63.—ItifloresceDce oF Darviinia, with coloured petaloid bracts. or less staminoid character. This is rare, but it has been noticed in Abies excelsa* A substitution of anthers for bracts has been seen in Melianthtis major, f concerning which Sig. Licopoli remarks that the flowers of chiefly the terminal racemes were imperfect, the summit of the floriferous axis bearing a tuft of perfect and imperfect anthers the petals and the two carpels of the flower having been atrophied or aiTested. -* Pig. 64 represents an involucral bract of Nigella, bearing an anther on one side of it; while Fig. 65, a, is that of a glume of Lolium perenne with an anther. That bracts should ever assume a pistilloid character is, d priori, still more unlikely, as being further removed from the central organ of the flower. Dr. M. T. Masters has, however, described J a * Teratology, p. 192. + Bull. Soc. de Bot. Fr., Rev. bib., t. xiv., p. 253. t Journ. of Lin. Soc. Bot, vol. vii., p. 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 Henslow, George, 1835-1925. New York : Appleton
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