Hydnoraceae

Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931

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
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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