. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 272. Flower. Fig. 273. Long. sect, of flower. Castipourea elliptica. base, are found three or four biovulate cells; and the fruit, spherical or ovoid, thick and more or less fleshy, finally opens along the par- titions. The albuminous seeds are more or less angular but not winged. In the old world Gassipourea has its analogues in three genera scarcely distinct. They are: Dactylopetalum, native of tropical western Africa and Mada- gascar, having pentamerous flowers with ten or fifteen stamens, and an ovary with two or three incomplete cells; Blephar
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 272. Flower. Fig. 273. Long. sect, of flower. Castipourea elliptica. base, are found three or four biovulate cells; and the fruit, spherical or ovoid, thick and more or less fleshy, finally opens along the par- titions. The albuminous seeds are more or less angular but not winged. In the old world Gassipourea has its analogues in three genera scarcely distinct. They are: Dactylopetalum, native of tropical western Africa and Mada- gascar, having pentamerous flowers with ten or fifteen stamens, and an ovary with two or three incomplete cells; Blepharisiemma, an Indian shrub, having the tetramerous and diplostemonous flower of Gassipourea, with an ovary of three biovulate cells; and Weihea, inhabiting Ceylon and the same regions as Vadylopetalum, having the androecium of Gassipourea, but an ovary inserted at the bottom of the receptacle by a wide base, more or less adnate, and flowers, solitary or grouped in cymes more or less compound, accompanied by two connate bracteoles forming a sort of Fig. 274. Flower witli perianth removed. IV. ANISOPHYLLEA SEKIES. In this genus, which has been referred to very different families,' and which owes its name' to the singular peculiarity presented by 1 The SamameUde<B, Cunoniec,, etc. -H. Bn. Payer Fam. Kat. 361--Oliv. Trans^ 2 Anisophyllea R. Br. Trans. Hort. Soc. v. 446. linn. Soc. xxiii. 460.—B. H. ben. bSo, n. 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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