Balanophoraceae

Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931

dc.contributor.author	Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931
dc.contributor.illustrator	Dixie, Ethel May, 1876-1973
dc.contributor.illustrator	Pohl, Joseph, 1864-1939
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-23T08:06:33Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-23T08:06:33Z
dc.date.created	1913
dc.date.issued	1913
dc.identifier.other	marloth-plate40-vol1-p169
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/14672
dc.description	Fam. 12. Balanophoraceae. Mystropetalon Thomii Harv. Plant parasitic on a root of Protea mellifera; the shoot on the right-hand side in the first (female) stage, the spike on the left with ripe fruits below and male flowers above, the latter visited by a bee. 1. Female flower surrounded by the bracts. 4/1. 2. Female flower, without the bracts, showing the globular receptacle, the ovary, the limb of the perianth (nectary) and the style. 3. Long. section through nectary, ovary and receptacle. 6/1. 4. Male bud with supporting bracts. 3/1. 5. Male flower with supporting bracts, open, showing the two stamens. 3/1. 6. Pollen grain. 500/1. 7. Fruit with persistent bracts, the two lateral bracts larger than at flowering time. 2/1. 8. Fruit with enlarged receptacle, transformed into an elaiosome (el). 8/1. 9. Long. section through fruit (achene) and elaiosome. Embryo (em) apical, very minute. 10/1. 10. Ants carrying fruits into their nest. II. Young plant of Protea mellifera, three years old, with a young thallus of Mystropetalon. The leaves of the Protea are all vertical, as in many other species of Proteaceae, especially when the plants are young.
dc.description.abstract	Plate 40 from The flora of South Africa (vol. 1) featuring Balanophoraceae.	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	Dixie, Ethel May, 1876-1973	en_ZA
dc.subject	Pohl, Joseph, 1864-1939	en_ZA
dc.subject	Wild flowers -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.subject	Flowers -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.subject	Balanophoraceae -- South Africa -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	Balanophoraceae -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.title	Balanophoraceae	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA
dc.rights.holder	Copyright Stellenbosch University