. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. CASUARINACEAE 37. Fig. 10. Casuarina equisetifolia. A. Shoot ^vith. male inflorescences and fruits. B. Portion of male inflorescence, two whorls; the lower sheath is cut open shewing young flowers. C. Diagram of a whorl of male flowers; b, bract; a, bracteole; p, perianth. D. Male flower before elongation of the filament; the perianth-leaves are being carried up on the anther. E. Female in- florescence, with long, protruding stigmas. F. Female flower; a, bracteole. G. Diagram of same. H. Fruit. I. Lower portion of same with longitudinal section

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. The classification of flowering plants. Plants. CASUARINACEAE 37. Fig. 10. Casuarina equisetifolia. A. Shoot ^vith. male inflorescences and fruits. B. Portion of male inflorescence, two whorls; the lower sheath is cut open shewing young flowers. C. Diagram of a whorl of male flowers; b, bract; a, bracteole; p, perianth. D. Male flower before elongation of the filament; the perianth-leaves are being carried up on the anther. E. Female in- florescence, with long, protruding stigmas. F. Female flower; a, bracteole. G. Diagram of same. H. Fruit. I. Lower portion of same with longitudinal section of seed; r, radicle; c, cotyledon. J. Portion of longitudinal section of an ovary shewing functional ovule and course of pollen-tube; c, chalaza; e, embryo-sac; g, caecum of embryo-sac; p, pollen-tube. K. Transverse section of a branchlet; o, inner and outer rings of bundles; s, sclerenchyma; p, palisade tissue. A, f nat. size; the other figures varioush" enlarged. A after Poisson; C, D, G after Englei; J after Treub.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Rendle, A. B. (Alfred Barton), 1865-1938. Cambridge, University press