RM2WGDGRT–Creeping Strawberry Pine, Microcachrys tetragona with cones; a dioecious conifer in the podocarp family. Tasmania.
RMJ4816K–Microcachrys tetragona
RMPC28GH–415 Microcachrys tetragona
RMHKCH4X–Microcachrys tetragona
RM2E5GNT0–Microcachrys tetragona.
RM2CEX3D1–. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. ra, Pmus Lambertiana and Gerar-diana, and Araucaria Dombeyi, are all eatable when fresh ; and Mr. Bidwill found thenatives of Moreton Bay feeding on the seeds of the Araucaria Bidwillii. Suborder I. Abiete^.—Ovules inverted; pol-len oval, curved, Pinus, Linn.Abies, Tournef. Picea, Link. Larix, Touraef. Cedriis,MiW.Cunninghamia, R. Br. Belis, Salisb. GEN Arthrotaxis, Don.Microcachrys, Hooh, fil.Sciadopitys, Zucc,Araucaria, Juss. Dombeya, Lam. Colymbea, Salisb.Eutassa, Salisb. Al
RM2WGDGRG–Creeping Strawberry Pine, Microcachrys tetragona with cones; a dioecious conifer in the podocarp family. Tasmania.
RMMXCP6Y–. Illustration of Microcachrys tetragona . 1866. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) 416 Microcachrys tetragona
RMHX5WAF–Microcachrys tetragona
RM2CDX4TJ–. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . wo-lobed anthers, each with a triangular connective. Ovuli-ferous flowers ovoid or globose, 025 inch long, bright red; scalesspirally imbricated, each l)earing an inverted ovule and ultimatelybecoming succulent. Microcachrys tetragona, Hooker lil iu Lond. Joiirn. Bot. loc. cit. supra. FlTasman. I. 358, with tig.; and Bot. Mag. t. 5576. Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II.688. Gordon,
RMMYKBDX–. Illustration of Microcachrys tetragona . 1866. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) 362 Microcachrys tetragona
RMPG2JGF–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 34° MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS certain species of Podocarpus (P. dacrydioides and P. ferruginea). In this feature, therefore, Microcachrys seems to be a transition form between Podocarpus and Dac- rydium on the one hand, and Saxegothaea on the other. In the development of the prothallial tissue, two cells are successively cut off, as among the Abietineae, but the peculiarity of the podo- carps is that these cells usually divide, resulting in extreme cases in a tissue of eight cells. A further peculiarity of this tissue is that the wall
RMRDH635–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 320 MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS the rather doubtful New Caledonian genera Acmopyle and Poly- podiopsis, the stamens are of the peltate type; that is, the stalk is. Fig. 375.—Microcachrys tetragona: branch with staminate strobih; X2.2S.— After Thomson (151). capped by a peltate expansion, from beneath which the sporangia are pendent. In Taxus the sporangia are four to seven in number, completely surrounding the stalk; in Torreya seven sporangia begin to develop, but only the four abaxial ones mature, so that the stamen. Please note that
RMMWH2PK–. Illustration of Microcachrys tetragona . 1866. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) 415 Microcachrys tetragona
RMPG2JJJ–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 320 MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS the rather doubtful New Caledonian genera Acmopyle and Poly- podiopsis, the stamens are of the peltate type; that is, the stalk is. Fig. 375.—Microcachrys tetragona: branch with staminate strobih; X2.2S.— After Thomson (151). capped by a peltate expansion, from beneath which the sporangia are pendent. In Taxus the sporangia are four to seven in number, completely surrounding the stalk; in Torreya seven sporangia begin to develop, but only the four abaxial ones mature, so that the stamen. Please note that
RMRDH61D–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 342 MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS (figs. 389-391). In Microcachrys (151, 163) the situation in Dacrydium is repeated, three (more frequent) or four prothallial cells appearing, depending upon the division of one or both of the two primary cells (fig. 393); and the prothaUial tissue of Saoce- gothaea (X49) is .exactly the same (figs. 394, 395). In these three genera, the second prothallial cell always divides and the first also may divide, and at pollination three or four free vegetative nuclei are found in the grain. Podocarpus is much mo
RMPG2JG3–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 342 MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS (figs. 389-391). In Microcachrys (151, 163) the situation in Dacrydium is repeated, three (more frequent) or four prothallial cells appearing, depending upon the division of one or both of the two primary cells (fig. 393); and the prothaUial tissue of Saoce- gothaea (X49) is .exactly the same (figs. 394, 395). In these three genera, the second prothallial cell always divides and the first also may divide, and at pollination three or four free vegetative nuclei are found in the grain. Podocarpus is much mo
RMRE2HF6–. Morphology of spermatophytes. [Part I. Gymnosperms]. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 106 MORPHOLOGY OP SPBRMATOPHYTES and Ginkgo; while in Taxus, Dacrydium, and Microcachrys the hard coat is surrounded by a fleshy ariL The dry seeds are also frequently winged, either by an outgrowth from the testa or by flakes split from the ovuliferous scales. Changes following fertilization also occur beyond the bound- aries of the seed, and result in a more or less definite fruit.. Fig. 81.—Araucaria Brasiliana: A, a proembryo filling the entire oaspore, only the shaded cells belonging to the embryo proper
RMPG2JJD–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 322 MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS (150) it is made up of spirally arranged and imbricated bracts that form an ovoid cone, and in Microcachrys a definite strobilus is formed by the sporophylls, which occur in decussating cycles of four and thus give the appearance of a spiral arrangement. The case of Torreya taxi folia (lOi) may illustrate the general situation. In this form the strobili are borne in the axils of the lower leaves of short young shoots, usually a pair of them on a short axil- lary branch. In most cases there is only a singl
RMRDH61N–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 34° MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS certain species of Podocarpus (P. dacrydioides and P. ferruginea). In this feature, therefore, Microcachrys seems to be a transition form between Podocarpus and Dac- rydium on the one hand, and Saxegothaea on the other. In the development of the prothallial tissue, two cells are successively cut off, as among the Abietineae, but the peculiarity of the podo- carps is that these cells usually divide, resulting in extreme cases in a tissue of eight cells. A further peculiarity of this tissue is that the wall
RMPG0D85–. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 160 CONIFERALES (RECENt) [CH. Acmopyle. This generic name was given to an imperfectly investigated New- Caledonian Conifer formerly known as Dacrydium Pancheri. The sessUe, decurrent, falcate leaves on the lateral branches (1—1-6 cm. x 2-5 mm.) are a characteristic feature, those on the main axis being small and scale-like^.. A B Fig. 708. A, Dacrydium elatum. B, Dacrydium araucarioides. (From specimens in the British Museum.) Pherosphaera. The vegetative shoots resemble those of Microcachrys and some Lycopods. The genus is pe
RMRDH633–. Morphology of gymnosperms. Gymnosperms; Plant morphology. 322 MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERMS (150) it is made up of spirally arranged and imbricated bracts that form an ovoid cone, and in Microcachrys a definite strobilus is formed by the sporophylls, which occur in decussating cycles of four and thus give the appearance of a spiral arrangement. The case of Torreya taxi folia (lOi) may illustrate the general situation. In this form the strobili are borne in the axils of the lower leaves of short young shoots, usually a pair of them on a short axil- lary branch. In most cases there is only a singl
RMRDBC7B–. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 160 CONIFERALES (RECENt) [CH. Acmopyle. This generic name was given to an imperfectly investigated New- Caledonian Conifer formerly known as Dacrydium Pancheri. The sessUe, decurrent, falcate leaves on the lateral branches (1—1-6 cm. x 2-5 mm.) are a characteristic feature, those on the main axis being small and scale-like^.. A B Fig. 708. A, Dacrydium elatum. B, Dacrydium araucarioides. (From specimens in the British Museum.) Pherosphaera. The vegetative shoots resemble those of Microcachrys and some Lycopods. The genus is pe
RMREK819–. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. Ill] CONIFERAE 93 bract, which becomes fleshy in the fruiting stage; the single integument becomes hard and is surrounded at the base by a short fleshy cup-like aril. In the monotypic genus Microcachrys (fig. 36, G—I) a number of small ovoid spirally arranged bracts form a small cone at the end of a short vegetative branch the small, densely crowded leaves of which are decussate. Each bract bears a single inverted pendulous ovule from the incurved upper margin; the ovule becomes partially surrounded at the base by a cup-like fleshy aril. The br
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