. The natural history of plants. Botany. 226 .NATURAL EISTOBY OF PLANTS. the bud, and sometimes accompanied by two very small lateral petals. The androceum consists of an indefinite number (often very large) of declinate hypogynous or nearly bypogynous stamens, composed of free or shortly coheTent filaments, and introrse two- celled anthers of longitudinal dehiscence. Sometimes the stamens are all of nearly equal size, both in filament and anther; sometimes on the contrary, those next the standard are shorter than those on the opposite side of the flower, while some of these last may assume co
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 226 .NATURAL EISTOBY OF PLANTS. the bud, and sometimes accompanied by two very small lateral petals. The androceum consists of an indefinite number (often very large) of declinate hypogynous or nearly bypogynous stamens, composed of free or shortly coheTent filaments, and introrse two- celled anthers of longitudinal dehiscence. Sometimes the stamens are all of nearly equal size, both in filament and anther; sometimes on the contrary, those next the standard are shorter than those on the opposite side of the flower, while some of these last may assume considerable dimensions, both anther and filament being at once longer and thicker. The free superior gynaeceum consists of one, or more rarely of two, carpels (figs. 203, 204). The ovary Tomiatea 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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