Volume 1
Plantae Javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae, quas in insula Java, annis 1802-1818 / legit et investigavit T. Horsfield, M.D. E siccis descriptiones et characteres plurimarum elaboravit J.J. Bennett; observationes structuram er affinitates praesertim respicientes passim adjecit R. Brown. Pt. I[-II].
- Thomas Horsfield
- Date:
- 1838-1840
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Plantae Javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae, quas in insula Java, annis 1802-1818 / legit et investigavit T. Horsfield, M.D. E siccis descriptiones et characteres plurimarum elaboravit J.J. Bennett; observationes structuram er affinitates praesertim respicientes passim adjecit R. Brown. Pt. I[-II]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![filamenta laciniis perianthii interioris alternantia, ejusdem tubo inserta, filiformia, lacinias limbi aequantia v. superantia. Antherae versatiles, ovales ; loculis parallelis, approximatis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Rudimentum pistilli parvum, pubescens. Fem. perianthiis, ut in Masc. interioris, laciniis apice recurvis. Ovarium ovatum, pubescens, uniloculare, biovulatum ; ovulis collateralibus, ab apice cavitatis pendulis. Pericarpium drupaceum, oblongum, ipsa basi perianthio interno indu¬ rato vix aucto subtensum ; putamine crasso-pergameneo, rugoso (pulpa succulenta eduli (D. Hors- field). Semen. R. Br. My remarks on the affinities of Sarcostigma are annexed to the account of the following genus, Iodes. Tab. XLVII. Fig. 1. Flowering branch of a female piant of Sarcostigma Horsfieldii. Fig. 2. Part of a male spike; bcth of natural size. Fig. 3. A male flower, moderately magnified. Fig. 4. A male flower with quaternary division; probably a rare occurrence. Fig. 5. A stamen, to sliow the mode of dehiscence and insertion of fila- ment. Fig. 6. The outer floral envelope or calyx. Fig. *]. A female flower, magnified in the same degree as the male ; to show the expansion, recurvation and external pubescence of the segments of the inner perianthium or co¬ rolla. Fig. 8. An ovarium, slightly magnified and cut open to show the two pendulous ovula. Fig. 9. A drupe. nearly ripe, natural size.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30455273_0001_0466.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
