. The natural history of plants. Botany. VLMAOE^. 163 Artoearpus Fiff. lis. Male flower (ij2). Fig. 116. Long. sect, of male flower. Mulberries, has two cells ; but one of them is early arrested in its development,! whilst the other, alone fertile, presents, in its internal angle, a thick placenta,'^ which supports a single descending anatro- pous ovule, with micropyle directed upwards and outwards,^ and ordi- narily capped with an obturator pro- ceeding from the placenta. The ovaries become achenes* whose de- scending seeds enclose a curved embryo, destitute of albumen, with a
. The natural history of plants. Botany. VLMAOE^. 163 Artoearpus Fiff. lis. Male flower (ij2). Fig. 116. Long. sect, of male flower. Mulberries, has two cells ; but one of them is early arrested in its development,! whilst the other, alone fertile, presents, in its internal angle, a thick placenta,'^ which supports a single descending anatro- pous ovule, with micropyle directed upwards and outwards,^ and ordi- narily capped with an obturator pro- ceeding from the placenta. The ovaries become achenes* whose de- scending seeds enclose a curved embryo, destitute of albumen, with a short superior radicle and two fleshy cotyledons generally very unequal. All these fruits are im- bedded in the slightly fleshy and fecular substance of the common floral receptacle, on the surface of which are seen only the slightly prominent remains of the perianth. The whole therefore constitutes a compound fruit, often spherical or ovoid. Artocarpus consists of beautiful trees with soft wood, milky juice, alternate leaves, simple, entire or more or less deeply cut. They are accompanied by a very large supra-axillary blade, formed by the union of two lateral stipules, inserted a little higher than the leaf and for some time enveloping the sum- mit of the branch with a cap in the form of an elongate cone; after this, they detach themselves at the base leaving on the branch, a little above the petiole, a nearly circular scar. The moncecious flowers are separated on distinct inflorescences the receptacle of which is spherical or more or less elongate. They are in fact arranged in a great number of glomerules, with or without bracts and bracteoles with peltate summit. The males are Artocarpus 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
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