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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



PlATE 



I. Soutii-Afiiican Orchids. Floral partg of species of Disperis, 

 IL Abies amabilis, sterile branch. ^ "(o 



00 



s '3 



III. BiiiTisH grown cones of A. gra7idis. 



IV. A. NOBiLis, British grown cone and sections of leaf. j 5 ^ 



V. Cones o{ A. nobilis, var. maynifica, ^; ^ 



VL A. RELiGiosA, cone and foliage. I tl^ ^ 



VII. Fruit and Fouage of Cejphalotaxiis pedunculata, var. i ^ -^ 



sjpJuBTalis, § 



VIII. PiCEA Omorika, cones and foliage. 



IX. Cones and Foliage of Pseudolarix Kmmjyferi. j % S 



X. Branch and Fruit of P. Kmm'pferi, / 3 Oi 





XI. ") Bornean Ferns, Ne])hrodiu7n stenojphyllum^ and Trichomanes 



XIL J Hosei, after J, G. Baker. 



XIII. 1 African Hydrociiaride.e, viz. Boottia exscrta and Blyxa radicans, 



XIV. f as described by H. N, Ridley. 



XV. ^ 

 XVI. I Central-African Mosses and Hepaticse, various species and 



XVII. y details, accompanying Mr. W. Mitten's paper on Bishop. Han- 

 VTY 1 nington's and Mr. Johnston's collections. 



XIX, y 



XX. Peloriate Flower of Selenipedium caiidaticniy illustrating floral 



conformation by Dr. Masters. 

 XXI. AciiLYs TRiPHYLLA, y^T.japwika, as defined by Tokutaro Ito. 



