dehisce
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It has been noted with respect to the nectar of the fuchsia that it is most abundant when the anthers are about to dehisce, and absent in the unexpanded flower.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
The name capsule is applied generally to all dry syncarpous fruits, which dehisce by valves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The ova and the spermatozoa dehisce into the body cavity and pass to the exterior through the nephridia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
The anthers dehisce at different periods during the process of flowering; sometimes in the bud, but more commonly when the pistil is fully developed and the flower is expanded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
They dehisce properly, but do not appear to contain much pollen.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
Mr. Blackley observed that the ripe anthers of rye did not dehisce whilst kept under a bell-glass in a damp atmosphere, whilst other anthers exposed to the same temperature in the open air dehisced freely.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
They protruded two very large much-branched panicles; but the florets never opened, though these included fully developed stigmas, and stamens supported on long filaments with large anthers that dehisced properly.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
I suspect also that the pistil goes on growing for some time after the anthers have dehisced.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
Parachute Fruits 1, Ripe fruit of willow-herb, dehiscing.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Follicle, a pod formed from a single pistil, dehiscing along the ventral suture only.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Capsule pedicelled, oblong-pyriform, dehiscing by 5–8 revolute segments.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
From the young to the matured dehiscing plant.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Capsule large, distinctly pedicelled, dehiscing by 4–8 revolute segments.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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