. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 304. Hermaphrodite Fig. 307. Hermaphrodite flower, Fig. 306. Longitudinal section of flower (f). the perianth removed. hermaphrodite flower. fruit. They are trees and shrubs, sometimes climbing, with impari- pimiate leaves, having 4- or 5-merous flowers, which have been ob- served in all tropical regions of the globe, except Australia.^ Gluta (fig. 804-807) has very nearly the same organisation ' We can only douhtfully place near Tapi- rira, Stematostaphis Surteri, a small tree from western tropical Africa, with compound impari- pinnate leaves, who


. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 304. Hermaphrodite Fig. 307. Hermaphrodite flower, Fig. 306. Longitudinal section of flower (f). the perianth removed. hermaphrodite flower. fruit. They are trees and shrubs, sometimes climbing, with impari- pimiate leaves, having 4- or 5-merous flowers, which have been ob- served in all tropical regions of the globe, except Australia.^ Gluta (fig. 804-807) has very nearly the same organisation ' We can only douhtfully place near Tapi- rira, Stematostaphis Surteri, a small tree from western tropical Africa, with compound impari- pinnate leaves, whose male flowers are trime- rous, with imhricate diplostemonous perianth, and the fruit a drupe with hard stone, containing a descendent exalbuminous seed. The female flower is 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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