Archive image from page 140 of The different forms of flowers The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species differentformsof01darw Year: 1877 CUAP. III. FAEAMEA. 129 the long-styled form the pistil projects above the corolla, and is almost exactly twice as long as that of the short-styled, which is included within the tube. The former is divided into two rather short and broad stigmas, whilst the short-styled pistil is divided into two long, thin, sometimes much curled stigmas. The stamens of each form correspond in height or length with the pistils of the other form. The anth
Archive image from page 140 of The different forms of flowers The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species differentformsof01darw Year: 1877 CUAP. III. FAEAMEA. 129 the long-styled form the pistil projects above the corolla, and is almost exactly twice as long as that of the short-styled, which is included within the tube. The former is divided into two rather short and broad stigmas, whilst the short-styled pistil is divided into two long, thin, sometimes much curled stigmas. The stamens of each form correspond in height or length with the pistils of the other form. The anthers of the short-styled form are a little larger than those of the long-styled; and their pollen-grains are to those of the other form as 100 to 67 in diameter. But the pollen-grains of the two forms differ in a much more remarkable manner, of which no other Fig. 9. Short-styled form. Long-styled form. Outlines of flowers from dried specimens. Pollen-grains, magnified 180 times, by Fritz Miiller. Faramea [sp. ?], instance is known ; those from the short-styled flowers being covered with sharp points; the smaller ones
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