. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Fic. 403. JitHcus laujprocarpus. a, Part of an inflorescence ; single flower (6) and gynoe- cium (f) magnified. (Strasburger.) Fig. 404. Eriophormii atigitstifoliiijit. i, inflorescence. 2, a single spikelet. 3, single flower. 4, flower with bract removed, g, fruit. (After Hoffmann; i, about nat. size ; the others â . 3-5.) (Strasburger.) Pollination. The flower is strongly protogynous ; the feathery stigmas project, while the perianth is still closed over the unopened stamens. Later the stigmas wither, the perianth expands, and the anthers burst, setting
. Botany of the living plant. Botany. Fic. 403. JitHcus laujprocarpus. a, Part of an inflorescence ; single flower (6) and gynoe- cium (f) magnified. (Strasburger.) Fig. 404. Eriophormii atigitstifoliiijit. i, inflorescence. 2, a single spikelet. 3, single flower. 4, flower with bract removed, g, fruit. (After Hoffmann; i, about nat. size ; the others â . 3-5.) (Strasburger.) Pollination. The flower is strongly protogynous ; the feathery stigmas project, while the perianth is still closed over the unopened stamens. Later the stigmas wither, the perianth expands, and the anthers burst, setting free the dry dusty pollen, which is readily shaken out, and carried away by the breeze. There is no honey-secretion, or other attraction for insects, but cross pollination is almost certain by the agency of w-ind. Self-polhna- tion is prevented by the marked protogyny. Nevertheless fruit is almost uniformly 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 Bower, F. O. (Frederick Orpen), 1855-1948. London, Macmillan and co. , limited
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