GARCINIA AFFORDING GAMBOGE IN SIAM. 



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anther, is set free by a special transverse line of dehiscence 

 adapted to this peculiar condition. Evidence, in support of 

 the view that the anther of Gr. Morella is a modification of the 

 adnate rather than of the peltate form of anther, we find in 

 the circumstance that the pollen is contained in numerous 

 irregular pouches, the anther being, in fact, multilocular, as may 



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be well seen either in a young anther (Figs. 2 and 3) or in an 

 anther after dehiscence (Fig. 4). The circumscissile line of de- 

 hiscence, common to the numerous loculaments of the anther, is 

 continuous all round the discoid apex of the connective, and is 

 not interrupted at two points corresponding to the organic apex 

 and base respectively, as it is in anthers of the ordinary peltate 

 form." 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE. 







anther. 



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1. Branch bearing male flowers. 



2. Male flower. 



3. Male flower, calyx and corolla removed. 



4. Stamen showing the circumscissile anther. 



5. Female flower. 



6. Female flower, calyx and corolla removed. 



7. Pistil. 



8. Longitudinal section of same. 



9. Transverse section of ovary. 



10. Branch bearing fruits. 



11. Transverse section of fruit, four-celled. 



12. Ditto, three-celled one-seeded by abortion. 



