. The natural history of plants. Botany. 124 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. pauciovulate ovary tapers into a style which is undilated at its stig- matiferous apex. The dorsal rib of the flattened obliquely oval coriaceous one- or two-seeded pod is edged by a narrow wing. The seeds are organized as in Cassia. Three or four species of JDicorynia have been described, handsome trees from North Brazil and Guiana,' whose alternate imparipinnate leaves have few coriaceous leaflets, and whose flowers are grouped into immense terminal compound ramified racemes. Martia'' (figs. 108-110) has flowers closely
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 124 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. pauciovulate ovary tapers into a style which is undilated at its stig- matiferous apex. The dorsal rib of the flattened obliquely oval coriaceous one- or two-seeded pod is edged by a narrow wing. The seeds are organized as in Cassia. Three or four species of JDicorynia have been described, handsome trees from North Brazil and Guiana,' whose alternate imparipinnate leaves have few coriaceous leaflets, and whose flowers are grouped into immense terminal compound ramified racemes. Martia'' (figs. 108-110) has flowers closely resembling those of the preceding genera, the receptacle and insertion being as in Cassia. The Martia 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.
Size: 1329px × 1880px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1871
