FIGURE 3: Ovary and fruit characters. A, Transverse sections through an ovary with both carpels fertile (Corallodiscus lanuginosus, RBGE 20010593); B–D, with only adaxial carpel fertile (B, Metabriggsia purpureotincta, MMO 06-813; C–D, Hemiboea cavaleriei, MM01-143); note abaxial sterile carpel with empty locule in B and C. D, sectioned ovary indicating positions of cuts; E–F, dehisced fruits of Metabriggsia purpureotincta (taken in the field: China, Guangxi, Napo) (E, old capsules with placentae split into halves; F, fruits on plant showing the plagiocarpic fruit attachment) and G, Hemiboea cavaleriei (RBGE living collection: RBGE 20020464), note angle between pedicel and capsule in F and G. Bars: A, 100µm; B, 200µm; C, 1mm; E–G, 1cm.

Published as part of Weber, Anton, Wei, Yi-Gang, Sontag, Susanne & Möller, Michael, 2011, Inclusion of Metabriggsia into Hemiboea (Gesneriaceae), pp. 37-48 in Phytotaxa 23 on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.23.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4894030