. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 209. Male flower (}). Fig. 210. Female flower (f).. Fig. 211. Long. sect, of female flower (Q. Fig. 212. GynEeoium. of -which varies from, two to a dozen, each having a very short erect filament, and a bilocular introrse anther dehiscing by two longitu- dinal clefts. In the female flower (fig. 210), sessile on the trunk and branches, there are a great many unequal, imbricate, rigid folioles, covered with hairs, which are the parts, either of a calyx, or of an involucre, and, internally, a free gynsecium (fig. 212), the hard conical ovary of which c
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 209. Male flower (}). Fig. 210. Female flower (f).. Fig. 211. Long. sect, of female flower (Q. Fig. 212. GynEeoium. of -which varies from, two to a dozen, each having a very short erect filament, and a bilocular introrse anther dehiscing by two longitu- dinal clefts. In the female flower (fig. 210), sessile on the trunk and branches, there are a great many unequal, imbricate, rigid folioles, covered with hairs, which are the parts, either of a calyx, or of an involucre, and, internally, a free gynsecium (fig. 212), the hard conical ovary of which contracts abruptly at the base to a portion with soft coat, and at the summit is produced into two stylary branches, themselves soon bifurcated in two long linear lobes, subulate, exserted, sinuous and covered internally with VOTi. VI. 16. 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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