Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula

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Excerpt from Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula: Discifloræ (No. 6 to 8 of the Series) Herbs or shrubs. Leaves usually alternate, simple, entire, rarely crenate-serrate, stipules lateral or intrapetiolar or 0. Inflorescence various. Flowers regular, bisexual. Sepals 5, rarely 4, free or con nate below, imbricate. Petals as many, hypogynous or slightly perigy nous, usually fugacious, often contorted. Stamens 4 - 5, with as many interposed staminodes, or 8-10, (rarely more) filaments united at the base into a hypogynous or slightly perigynous ring, filiform, anthers versatile, 2-celled. Glands 5, entire or 2-lobed, usually adnate to the staminal ring, or obsolete. Ovary entire, 3 - 5 celled, styles 3-5, free or more or less connate, stigmas terminal, ovules 1 or 2, inserted in the inner angle of the cells, anatropous, pendulous. Fruit usually splitting into 3 - 5 cocci, rarely a drupe. Seeds 1 - 2 in each cell, testa sometimes Winged, albumen ¿eshy or O, embryo nearly as long as the seed, straight, rarely incurved, cotyledons broad, radicle superior. Distrib. All regions, genera species about 145. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.