8. A back view of the column and anther after the expansion of the
flower. This represents the advanced state of fig. 5; the parts
have all acquired a greater firmness; the form of several is altered,
and the case of the anther has contracted, leaving the pollen-masses
exposed in their true position : that is, incumbent upon each other,
not lying side by side; magnified 30 times.
9. A view of the parts represented at fig. 7, in the state in which they
appear when the flower is expanded; the stigmatic cavity is
enlarged, and the true stigma is smaller and more acute; magnified
30 times.
10. A side view of the same; answering to fig. 6; magnified 30 times.
11. Aback view of the column; the pollen-masses having fallen out;
this explains the figure of the clinandrium or cavity in which the
anther lies, and shews the form of the anterior lip of the column
after fecundation ; magnified 30 times.
12. A view of the face of the anther after the pollen-masses have fallen
out; the lobes are seen to be incompletely two-celled, and to be
distinctly separated by the connectivum; magnified 30 times.
13. 14. Different views of the pollen-masses at the time they separate
from the anther; magnified 30 times. From this it is apparent that
they are, at that time, destitute of all trace of caudicula, gland, or
other process, and lie loose in the cells of the anther; thus constituting
the principal distinctive character of Malaxideae among
Orchideous plants with waxy pollen.
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