SECT. II 



PHANEROGAMIA 



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Fio. 6"". Thi'iiin-iiiiiii 1'in-iiii. 2, Stem bearing froita. 2, Flowering'branch. 3, Flower. 4, Circle:of 



stamens. .7, Stamens from anterior side. (.;, .',, about nat. size; 5, enlarged; 1, 2, greatly 

 redneed.) OFFICIAL. 



downwards. The flowers are borne on the main stem or the 

 older branches, and arise from dormant axillary buds (CAULI- 

 FLORY). Each petal is bulged out at the base, narrows con- 

 siderably above this, and ends in an expanded tip. The form 

 of the reddish flowers is thus somewhat urn-shaped with five 

 radiating points. The pentalocular ovary has numerous ovules 

 in each loculus. As the fruit develops, the soft tissue of the 

 septa extends between the single seeds ; the ripe fruit is thus 

 unilocular and many-seeded. The seed-coat is filled by the p, $*$ Malvaceae 

 embryo, which has t\vo large, folded, brittle cotyledons. Cola Floral diagram < 



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