dc.contributor.author | Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931 | |
dc.contributor.illustrator | Smith, Esther, 1878-1954 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-23T08:09:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-23T08:09:30Z | |
dc.date.created | 1913 | |
dc.date.issued | 1913 | |
dc.identifier.other | marloth-plate44-vol1-p177 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/14675 | |
dc.description | Hydnora africana Thunb.
1. Thallus attached to root of Euphorbia mauritanica, with two buds and a fully developed flower, the latter visited by a carrion beetle, Dermestes vulpinus. 2. Section through thallus and the root of the host. 3. Flower at an early stage, long. section, one perianth-lobe and part of androecium removed. bb. Bait-bodies with larva of Dermestes feeding on one of them. a. Androecium. st. Stigma, pl. Placentae, o.c. Ovarial cavity. 4. Transverse section through perianth-segment. 5. Part of fig. 4 enlarged. 6. Androecium. 7. A slice of the androecium with two pollen cells. 2/1. 8. Transverse section through three pollen cells. 5/1. 9. Pollen grains (two views). 275/1. 10. Stigma. 11. Some placentae (pendulous), with numerous ovules. 3/1. 12. Lump of seeds from fruit pulp. Nat. size. 13. Seed. 10/1. 14. Seed in long. section. 20/1. em. Embryo. e. Endosperm, p. Perisperm, filled with starch. 15. Beetle found feeding on bait-body in flower: Cryptochile costata (Fam. Tenebrioidae). | |
dc.description.abstract | Plate 44 from The flora of South Africa (vol. 1) featuring Hydnoraceae. | en_ZA |
dc.format.extent | 1 plate | |
dc.format.medium | Water colour, ink and pencil on paper | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.rights | This item is subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. | |
dc.source | Plate from Rudolf Marloth Collection (MS 326), Manuscripts Section | |
dc.subject | Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931 | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Botany -- South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Wild flowers -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Flowers -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Smith, Esther, 1878-1954 | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Wild flowers -- South Africa -- Identification | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Flowers -- South Africa -- Identification | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Hydnoraceae -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Hydnoraceae -- South Africa -- Identification | en_ZA |
dc.title | Hydnoraceae | en_ZA |
dc.type | Image | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright Stellenbosch University | |