. The natural history of plants. Botany. 106 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. umbels and one compoutid terminal umbel. Aciphylla represents a genus somewhat heterogeneous, particularly as to habit. Some species in their foliage resemble the Graminece, Eryngium, Pyrus, Rosa; others again Spircea. The flowers are generally polygamo- dioecious, and the oblong fruit perhaps similar to that of the preceding genera, a little less compressed parallel to the partition. The primary ridges may all be but little prominent, or more or less developed into wings, sometimes the marginal, or the dorsal, or the two
. The natural history of plants. Botany. 106 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. umbels and one compoutid terminal umbel. Aciphylla represents a genus somewhat heterogeneous, particularly as to habit. Some species in their foliage resemble the Graminece, Eryngium, Pyrus, Rosa; others again Spircea. The flowers are generally polygamo- dioecious, and the oblong fruit perhaps similar to that of the preceding genera, a little less compressed parallel to the partition. The primary ridges may all be but little prominent, or more or less developed into wings, sometimes the marginal, or the dorsal, or the two intermediate, or several at once, with many variations according to the species. In each furrow are one or several vittae, and this character varies in species otherwise closely allied. The true Aciphyllas are from Australia and New Zealand. Anesorhiza and Thaspiuni, which we annex to them as sections, and which may have exactly the same fruit, grow, the one at the Cape, the other in North America. The first Aciphyllas known were referred to the closely allied genus Meiim {Emneum) 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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