OtU BJOAUB.] 



OR( 1 1 1 1 * X « I I 





4 I CXXL 



and Rnallj n oomplete union <>f 

 the pollen takes place, in solid 

 wax; n w itliout any 



distinct trace of this central 



elastic tissue. Such i- a pari 

 «>f the singularities of Qrchida- 



ua plants, and apon I 

 the distinctions of their tribes 

 and genera are naturally 

 founded. Whoever Btudies 

 them must bear in mind that 

 their fructification is always 

 reducible to '■'• a pals, •"■ petals, 

 a column consisting of ■! sta- 



mens grown firmly t le 



anothi !-, and t" a single Btyle 

 ami Btigma ; ami, with this 

 view, he «ill li:i\ «.- no difficulty 

 in understanding th<- organiza- 

 tion i>t even the ni">t anoma- 

 lous Cape BjK cies. In th<- last 

 edition of this work an ' Irder 

 called Vanillaa Be was proposed, 

 about which 1 shall only Bay 

 that its introduction would 

 have been much better omitted. 

 Professor Link has Bhown 

 that beyond all doubt the nu- 

 cleus 01 the mtiI in tlii-. I >nlcr 

 is a naked embryo, with an 

 excessively enlarged radicula. 

 n e his beautiful figures in 



thi- .! U ■■:■ W&lU ' I teh- 

 botan !.<■■/,, Abbildvngen fate. 2. 

 t. \ ii. Here we again hai • ■ 

 structure analogous to that of 

 Nymphaaa and Nelumbium. 



Among the mosl singular 

 circumstances connected with 

 tins Order is the manner in 

 which, upon the same spike, 

 Bowers of extn mely differ- 

 ent structure are produced 

 Tli is was first noticed in Deme- 

 rara by Sir R. Schomburgk, 

 who published in the Linn. 

 TSransactunu (17. 551.) nn 



but i 



hilar tissue, which 



the . 



indefinite iuu .tm] 



■ 

 n m, is found attach< d I 

 process "t thi 

 inclosed in a peculiai 

 cially •!• 



i, the pollen combi 

 largi r mass* -, which a 

 number, and 

 modification ol I 



1 in. CXXI. — 1. Pollen m i : - ■ 



-; ■ Mal&xis ipaludosa j .'>. Pollen ofStenori 

 Fig. CXXU. l'. CycDOChea ventrteosumj I 



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