. The natural history of plants. Botany. Pig. 316. Female flower (^). Kg. 314. Portion of male inflorescence. Fig. 315. Male flower (I). Fig. 317. Longitudinal section of female flower. summit of an upright and flattened funicle. The fruit (pistachio nut) is an unsymmetrical drupe whose flesh is of little thickness, the stone thin, and it may even become finally completely dry; it only contains one large seed with a fleshy embryo. The Pistachias, trees or shrubs with a resinous odour, compound leaves, pinnate or trifoliolate, inhabit the Mediterranean region, temperate Asia and the western isl
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Pig. 316. Female flower (^). Kg. 314. Portion of male inflorescence. Fig. 315. Male flower (I). Fig. 317. Longitudinal section of female flower. summit of an upright and flattened funicle. The fruit (pistachio nut) is an unsymmetrical drupe whose flesh is of little thickness, the stone thin, and it may even become finally completely dry; it only contains one large seed with a fleshy embryo. The Pistachias, trees or shrubs with a resinous odour, compound leaves, pinnate or trifoliolate, inhabit the Mediterranean region, temperate Asia and the western islands on the coasts of Africa and central America. The double perianth reappears in the subseries of Mangos {Mangi- fera\ whose polygamo-dioecious flowers (Fig. 318-320) have four or flve sepals, and as many imbricate petals, four or five stamens, only one or two beiug fertile, inserted round a thick disc encircling the base of an uni-carpellary gynseceum. Its ovary contains a single ovule, borne by an ascendent funicle and inserted more or less close to the base of the cell; it is surmounted by a simple style. The Mangos are trees from southern Asia, introduced into all tropical countries. The fruit is a drupe with a large stone, fibrous outside, indehiscent or bivalvate. The leaves are simple and the flowers collected in ramifled clusters of cymes. The organs of vegetation VOL. V. 2 N. 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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