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ESSENTIALS OF VEGETABLE PHARMACOGNOSY. 



the base, called Petaloid when assuming 

 the form of a petal, as in Fig. 129, A 

 •imilar appendage may stand in front of a 

 •tamen. One standing in front of a sta- tail of number, form, position and direc- 



ment at the base may be modified into the 

 most grotesque forms, as shown in Figs. 

 135 to 137. Such appendages, in any de- 



I*/i V^O. Tuj 131. Ti(i /SS.^'i/ ^^H 



ncr. '37 



men-group has been shown in Fig. 35. 



Appendages may be developed at a higher 

 point 



form 



Modifications of the connective are nu- 



tion, are characteristic, and in a family 

 like the Melestomaceae, from which most 

 Appendages in the of the above illustrationa are taken, pos- 

 sess generic value. Instead cf elongating 

 as a single body, the base may apparently 



merous and remarkable. The thickening divide longitudinally, through extreme 

 of tile entire body, equally or unequally, broadening, resembling a forked filament, 



one theca borne on each branch (Figs. 138 



and 139). When 



produces such appearances as are seen in 

 Figs, 130 to 132. Or the extension may 



result in elongation either above or below becomes suppressed, its connective branch 



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/> 



Fi 



g.lV6 



g 



»40. 



Fig.i^i. F.g.iHz Fl^.ma. Figj4;/.Fig. 145. Fi^.mi 



the thecae instead of in broadening. If 

 the extension is downward it will lead to 

 an apparent jointing of the filament (Figs. 

 133 and 134). A slight bulbous enlarge- 



remaining (Fig. 140) or even disappearing 

 (Fig. 141), one form of the one-celled an- 

 ther results. Another form is produced 



by simple abortion, without any such 



