The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 721
nob, when cutthrough, exhibits the infantflower enveloped in numerousbracteal sheaths, which succes-sively open and wither away asthe flower enlarges, until at thetime of full expansion {Jig. 14-9.a) very few are remaining, whichhave somewhat the appearanceof a broken calyx (c). Threemonths elapse… … Blames Flora Java;. 709 flower, fully blown, was discovered in a jungle, growing closeto the ground under the bushes, with a swarm of flies hoveringover the nectary, and apparently laying their eggs in itssubstance. Before noticing Raffles/a Patma Blume, we should remarkthat Dr. Blume, in 1825,…
