The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey.

  • William H. Harvey
Date:
1868
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Credit: The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LVIII. PASSIPLOllEiE. 4-5 slender, subulate lobes. Corolla continuous with the calyx-tube, bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted in the base of the calyx, free, alternate with the lobes of the co- rolla, dilated upwards ; anthers adnate to a club-shaped con- nective, the cells slightly separated, introrse. Grlands as many as the stamens, and alternating with them, oblong, fleshy.— Pemale : Calyx-lobes obsclete. Corolla as in the male. Grlands as in the male, but smaller. Ovary stipitate, unilocu- lar ; ovules numerous, on 4-5 parietal placentas ; stigmas 4-5, subsessile, channelled, 2-lobed. Capsule pod-hke, slender, 4-5-valvcd, sevex’al-seeded.—FI. Cap. ii. p. 501. C. Ecklonii, Necs, the only species, is a slender, neai’ly glabrous climber, growing in the Eastern district and at Natal. Leaves palmately5-7-lobcd, membranous. Flowers axillary, greenish, the males in racemes, the fe- males solitary. 5. ACHARIA, Th. Flowers monoecious.—Male : Calyx 3-4-parted. Corolla bcll-sliapcd, 3-(rarely 4-)lobed, herbaceous, continuous with the short calyx-tube. Stamens adnate to the tube of the co- rolla for more than half their length, as many as the lobes and alternate witli them ; filaments dilated upwards, subexsei’ted; anthers adnate to a broad, 2-lobed connective, the cells sepa- rated, introrse. Grlands 3-4, fleshy, in the base of the perianth, alternating with the stamens.—Female: Calyx and corolla as in the male, but enlarged in fruit, jxersistent. Ovary subses- sile, with 3 glands at base, 1-celled ; ovules few, on 3-4 pa- rietal placentas ; style 3-4-cleft; stigmas 3^', channelled, 2- lobed. Capsule shortly stipitate, ovoid, membranous, 3-4- valvcd, few-seeded. Seeds pendulous, with a small arillus.— FI. Cap. ii. p. 501. A. iragloides, Tli., the only species, is a small, thinly-puboscent, branch- ing herbj growing in shady places of Uitcnlingc and Albany. Leaves alter- nate, petioled, 3-lobed, and cut. Flowers small, green, axillary. Order LIX. CUCURBITACE^. Flowers unisexual. Calyx 5-lobed, adnate. Corolla mostly mono]xetalous, 5-lobed or 5-parted, continuous with the sum- mit of the calyx-tube. Stamens inserted within or at the mouth of the calyx-tube, 5-3—2, either free or with the anther- cells monadelphous, or the anthers and filaments variously^ co- hering ; anthers usually linear, adnate, extrorse, cells straight curved flexuous or conduplicate. Ovary inferior, usually with prominent, parietal placentas, often meeting in the centre, sometimes 2-3-ccllcd ; ovules many, usually horizontal; styles
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