VII. The Little Flower: Scent and Odor

2017 ◽  
pp. 92-116
Keyword(s):  
Flower Scent

Carnal Flowers, Charnel Flowers

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Mary Robinson ◽  
Flower Scent ◽  
Single Flower

This chapter focuses on a single flower scent—the tuberose—strongly associated with the fragrance of Victorian decadence. Contrasting with the more delicate scent of the violet explored in Chapter 2 is the powerful perfume of the tuberose, an exotic hothouse flower, its fragrance evoking the body and decay. Starting with Shelley, this chapter tracks this heady fragrance through a range of texts to concentrate on three poems by late Victorian minor poets—Mark André Raffalovich, Mary Robinson, and Theodore Wratislaw—and shows how the scent of the tuberose is bound up with dangerous or voluptuous pleasures, with love, eroticism, criminality, and death.

Karyotypes and morphological variation in the sessile-flowered trilliums of North Carolina

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 1223-1232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Ann Serota
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Cold Treatment ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Geographic Isolation ◽  
Flower Scent ◽  
Cross Pollination ◽  
Western North Carolina ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Coefficient Of Variability ◽  
The Mean

Six populations of apparently morphologically similar sessile-flowered Trillium (known taxonomically as T. cuneatum Raf. and T. luteum (Muhl.) Harb.) observed growing at elevations between 800 and 1700 ft in the Appalachians of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee exhibit a wide range of variability by observation. The extent of variability was assessed by using statistical and karyotypic methods of analysis and by intraspecific cross-pollination. A correlation exists between the mean coefficient of variability and (1) the size of the population and (2) the degree of geographic isolation. The number of types of each kind of chromosome (A–E), as resolved by cold treatment, varies by one type from population to population. The homozygosity for the six populations is 85.8%, and the distribution of euchromatin is not complex. Intraspecific cross-pollination was effective among 76% of the test crosses. A review of the statistics and other morphological data indicates that the presence or absence of anthocyanins, flower scent, and the degree of geographic isolation are the three major variants among the six populations. These kinds of Trillium grow sympatrically with T. grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb., T. simile Gleason, T. erectum var. album (Michx.) Pursh, T. flexipes Raf. (T. gleasoni Fern.), and T. erectum L. The cumulative karyotype for the six stands indicates that these plants have not hybridized with any of the above species and varieties. Although these plants have been classified as T. cuneatum Raf. in some stands and as T. luteum (Muhl.) Harb. in others the data demonstrate that these six stands represent one discontinuous population of a sessile-flowered Trillium. Trillium discolor Wray, although relatively rare in western North Carolina, also grows here. Although T. discolor is not directly involved in this problem, its description and distinctive karyotype are included.

Flower-scent mimicry masks a deadly trap in the carnivorous plant Nepenthes rafflesiana

2010 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 845-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Di Giusto ◽  
Jean-Marie Bessière ◽  
Michaël Guéroult ◽  
Linda B. L. Lim ◽  
David J. Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carnivorous Plant ◽  
Flower Scent

scholarly journals Comparative analyses of flower scent in Sileneae reveal a contrasting phylogenetic signal between night and day emissions

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (21) ◽  
pp. 7869-7881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Prieto-Benítez ◽  
Ana M. Millanes ◽  
Stefan Dötterl ◽  
Luis Giménez-Benavides
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Signal ◽  
Comparative Analyses ◽  
Flower Scent ◽  
Night And Day

scholarly journals Validity of the Sensory Evaluation Scales for Fresh Flower Scent.

2001 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 636-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoichi Morinaka ◽  
Takashi Handa ◽  
Haruhiko Takeuchi ◽  
Saho Ayabe ◽  
Sachiko Saito
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Evaluation ◽  
Fresh Flower ◽  
Flower Scent

Flower scent composition in night-flowering Silene species (Caryophyllaceae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 383-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Jürgens ◽  
T. Witt ◽  
G. Gottsberger
Keyword(s):  
Flower Scent ◽  
Silene Species

scholarly journals Creating Sim Flower Scent (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa) for Product Sim Fruit from Natural Materials in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Le Huy Hai ◽  
Le Mai Xuan Truc
Keyword(s):  
Diethyl Phthalate ◽  
Linalyl Acetate ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
Natural Materials ◽  
Cinnamon Bark ◽  
Flower Scent ◽  
Natural Substances ◽  
Flower Fragrance ◽  
Rhodomyrtus Tomentosa

Aim and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to reproduce the scent of Sim (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa) flower from natural substances present in Vietnam to replace the scent extracted from Sim flower. Materials and Methods: All the materials for making the Sim flower fragrance and products from Sim fruit are natural sources in Vietnam. Fragrance assessment by olfactory, the aroma is diluted 20 times with an odorless diethyl phthalate (DEP) solvent, followed by a special scent paper and the smell of the nose to assess the scent. The fragrance of Sim flower was tested on Sim syrup product 0.2%, Sim jam 0.5%, Sim wine 0.3% by weight. Results: After the experiment, we have selected fragrance FW.1, FW.2 for Sim wine, FS.1 and FS.2 for Sim syrup, FJ.1 and FJ.2 for Sim jam. The main aroma of Sim flower is made up of Aldehyde anisic, Cinnamaldehyde, Cinnamon bark oil, Linalool, Linalyl acetate, Linalyl cinnamate, Linalyl formate, Linalyl butyrate. Aldehyde anisic and Linalool are the main constituents that determine the aroma of Sim flower. Conclusions: We have created the scent of Sim flower from natural materials in Vietnam for Sim wine FW.1, FW.2, for Sim syrup FS.1, FS.2, and Sim jam FJ.1, FJ.2. Sim flower FW.1, FW.2, FS.1, FS.2, FJ.1, and FJ.2 are added to Sim wine, Sim syrup, Sim jam to increase the value and appeal of the products made from Vietnam Sim fruit.

Flower Scent and Pollination in Selected Neotropical Palms

Plant Biology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 642-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Knudsen ◽  
L. Tollsten ◽  
F. Ervik
Keyword(s):  
Flower Scent
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