Hooker's Icones Plantarum, Or, Figures, with Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New and Rare Plants, Selected from the Kew Herbarium Volume 11-12 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...view. 3. Pistil. 4. Portion of reduced follicle. Plate 1099. IPOM A HABELIANA, Olio. CONVOLVULACEA. I. Habeliana, Oliv. tp. nov.; glaberrima, caule prostrato subtereti l vi, foliis lanceolatis v. ovalibus acutis aristato-mucronatis basi obtusiusculis v. cuneatis leviter undulatis membranaceis, nervo crassiusculo prominulo, pedunculis axillaribus?)-floris folio brevioribus, sepalis in qualibus ovatooblongis obtusis exterioribus brevioribus, corolla alba calyce 4-5-plo longiora infundibuliformi tubo longo, stamiuibus exsertis. Hab. On inland rocks, Hood Island, Galapagos, Br. Habel Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata; petiolus-poll. Pedunculus-poll., pedic. il poll. Sepala interiora poll.; corolla 3-3-poll. longa.--D. Oliver. Fig. 1. Cur..IIa laid open. 2. Detached stamen. 3. Ovary. 4. Stigma. 5. Transverse section of ovary. Plate 1100. PASPALUM BURCHELLII, Munro, . Graminea. P. BurcheUii, Munro, mat. in Herb. Burchell. Bras. n. 6844; annuum; culmo erecto glabro (4-10 poll.), foliis linearibus attenuatis vaginisque patentim pilosis, racemis (-poll. longis) 4-5 alternis distichis interstitia s pius longioribus faleato-recurvis, axi partiali membranaceo-alato spiculas obvolvente, fronte septulo prominulo angusto alternatim pedicellos 2-fidos geniculatos setigeros emittente, spiculis imbricatis sub-2-3-serialibus plano-convexis, gluma vacua unica (fl. neutro, auct.) plana hyalina oblanceolato-oblonga, exteriore (gluma superiore, auct.) deficiente, gluma florigera concava extus tuberculata, palea infra medium late conduplicata. Hab. Near Goyaz, Dr. Burchell In general habit approaching P.falciferum, Trin., in the absence of empty glumes P. Gardneriarum, Nees in Kew Journ. Bot. ii. (1850)...