Part of the plate depicting corybas aconitiflorus from t. 98, the paradisus londinensis. Original scan processed to improve colour and remove background of yellowed paper; cropped. The numbered parts are identified in the original as: 1. A flower, half of the upper petal being cut away to show the labellum. 2. Half of the labellum showing one of the nectaries near the base. 3. Style, natural size. 4,5. A side and front view of the style highly magnified, showing the lowest petals, bolster, stigma and anther.
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