. The natural history of plants. Botany. 102 NATURAL HISTOBT OF PLANTS. tliis genus. Thus the floral receptacle is often long and tubular like that of the Tamarind, as in F. bi/olia Aubl. (figs. 77,78). But elsewhere we find it deeper and shallower in proportion, like that of BaiJcitsa, as seen in V. macropliylla' (figs. 79, 80); and the gynseceum is in this case inserted much further from the posterior rim of the receptacular cavity. The calyx usually consists of four imbricate sepals, and the corolla is represented by the vexillary petal, which is greatly de- veloped and possesses a long cla
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 102 NATURAL HISTOBT OF PLANTS. tliis genus. Thus the floral receptacle is often long and tubular like that of the Tamarind, as in F. bi/olia Aubl. (figs. 77,78). But elsewhere we find it deeper and shallower in proportion, like that of BaiJcitsa, as seen in V. macropliylla' (figs. 79, 80); and the gynseceum is in this case inserted much further from the posterior rim of the receptacular cavity. The calyx usually consists of four imbricate sepals, and the corolla is represented by the vexillary petal, which is greatly de- veloped and possesses a long claw and a broad limb which is bent on itself in the bud. The four anterior petals are either reduced to very little scales or altogether absent. There are often three fertile Vouwpa Pia. 7V. Flower (f). Fio. 78. Longitudinal section of flower. stamens, the other pieces of the androceum becoming quite rudi- mentary or even disappearing (figs. 77, 78). But in Anthonota, from tropical Africa, which should be referred to this genus, there are sometimes as many as nine or ten stamens, all of which may be fertile but one; and this reveals more clearly the fundamental ar- rangement of the elements of the androceum. Thus V. macrophylla has five very unequal petals, and it is the stamen superposed to the vexillary petal which is absent or reduced to a sterile tubercle. The nine others have " an anther which may dehisce longitudinally and ' H. Bn., in Adamscmia, vi. 178, t. iii. fig. 6, 7.—Anthonota macrophylla P. Beaut., Fl. Ow>. et Ben., i. 7l, t. 42 (the analyses of the flower are inexact and imperfect).—Macrolohium Pa- lisoti Benth., in Trans, Linn. Soc, xxv. 308.— Olit., M. Trop. Afr., ii. 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
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