. The natural history of plants. Botany. LAUBAGEM. 445 veined vertical wings, equal or unequal in size. The body of the achene contains within its narrow cavity a descending seed whose exalbumi- nous embryo has a short superior retracted radicle, and thick fleshy plano-convex cotyledons.' Illigera consists of clinging shrubs, with sarmentose stems and alternate trifoliolate leaves whose leaflets are petiolulate, entire, and acuminate. The flowers form long lax rami- fied racemes of cymes. The ramifications and pedicels occupy the axils of more or less narrow bracts; and each flower is accompan
. The natural history of plants. Botany. LAUBAGEM. 445 veined vertical wings, equal or unequal in size. The body of the achene contains within its narrow cavity a descending seed whose exalbumi- nous embryo has a short superior retracted radicle, and thick fleshy plano-convex cotyledons.' Illigera consists of clinging shrubs, with sarmentose stems and alternate trifoliolate leaves whose leaflets are petiolulate, entire, and acuminate. The flowers form long lax rami- fied racemes of cymes. The ramifications and pedicels occupy the axils of more or less narrow bracts; and each flower is accompanied by two or three bractlets at its base. Some half-dozen species of this genus are known,'' all natives of tropical Asia and the islands of Ma- laysia. VIII. HEENANDIA SEEIES. Hernandia!' (figs. 273-278), placed by most authors in a very dis- tant group, appears to US'* to represent the diclinous type of Illigera. Hemamdia 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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