Icones Plantarum or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New or Rare Plants Volume 8 (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. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ...setis mollibus Iaxis obsita, foliis (maximis) longe petiolatis orbiculari-reniformibus basi profunde cordatis marginibus multilobatis, lobis 3-5-dentatis dentibus subacutis, umbellis copiosis compositis partialibus multiradiatis globosis, involucris foliaceis, floribus densis, fructibus depresso-sph ricis exsuccis suberosis atris nitidis. Hook. fil. Bot. Antarct. Voy. v. l, p. 19. Aralia polaris. Hombr. et Jacq. in Voy. au Pole Sud, Bot., Phaner. t. 2 (plate only). Hab. Lord Auckland's Group and Campbell's Island, Antarctic Ocean; covering large tracts of ground with its ample and shining green foliage. Hombron and Jacquinot; J. D. Hooker. An excellent representation of an umbel of this remarkable plant, is given in the work above quoted of Hombron and Jacquinot; and the species is fully described in the "Botany of the Antarctic Voyage where I had promised, in the forthcoming Volume (Eighth) of the Icones Plantarum, to give a Plate of the analysis of the flower and fruit. It now only remains to refer to the accompanying figures which were drawn on the spot from the recent plant. /. D. H. Fig. 1. Young perfect flower and pedicel, f. 2. Ovary of the same, the petals removed. /. 3. Stamen. /. 4. Female flower. /. 5. portion of the ovary cut through vertically, to show the position of the ovule. /. 6. Transverse section of an ovary. /. 7-A ripe fruit. /. 8. The same, cut through transversely. /. 9. Dorsal view of a seed. /. 10. Seed, cut through vertically. /. 11. Embryo: --all more or less magnified. In the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, p. 20, where the reference to this Plate is given, for "tab. Dcci." read Tab. Dccxlvii. Caule erecto subramoso, foliis patentibus subsecundis ovatolanceolatis marginatis serratis...