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granular mucous contents : the cells are arranged m only one 



row. This layer is well seen in Astragalus hamosus, Scsba- 

 nia cannabina, &c. In the second layer there is a number • ot 

 variously formed cells, constituting the great hulk ot lie 

 albumen ; these are succeeded by a third row placed next the 

 cotyledons, which are small and without granular contents 

 In the middle layer the cells are either very sharply denned 



walls, or they are lost in jelly. The former »f most common 



in Papilionacea, , the latter in Cisalpine*. . When the walls 

 of the cell are evident, jelly is found in the inside of the eel 

 often obstructing the entrance of the light as in Sesban.a 

 cannahina, &c, it is entirely obstructed in Secur gera ,coro- 

 nilla. Frequently the cavity of the cell presents a star shape, 

 from the formation of pores in the jelly, or gelatine as in 

 Cytisus, Laburnum, Sec. Intercellular spaces are seen in 

 Amorpha fruticosa, &c, which are also filled with mA . 

 These form a transition to those m which the ce Is are entirely 

 embedded in jelly, as Gleditschia tnacanthos Th « ™ * 

 are not to be distinguished but by dropping on *^8»lphunc 

 acid, by which means the jelly is dissolved out The intenor 

 of the cells is filled with mucus (Schleim;, a term used, to 

 d sUnguTsh it from jelly and starch. This mucus is composed 

 of globules, which are coloured brown yellow by t™*arorf 

 iodine. In Cassia fistula resinous g'°°ules were &»£,«£ 

 in Mimosa pudiea, crystals : in the , same pos.t on ^. This jelly 

 or gelatine between the ceils, seems 10 i 

 Mold's intercellular substance, and it ™l*°^^ e Z 

 be the basis from which the cells of the albumen them 



selves are formed. 



49. CALLIPSYCHE eucrosioides. 



We have been favoured by the Hon. and Very Rev. the 

 Dean of Manchester with the following definition of a new 



of Amaryllidaceous plants, which has produced its 



genus 



flowers in the garden at Spofforth 



ovulis co 

 regularis 



§ 



lymbiformibus 



[>> 



apice subrettexis irao ue F re»»u & cmw». r — r - 

 tuberculo munita] ori tubi inserta teretia prolong; 

 tis primum deflexus denuo sursum curvatus, 



anthene 



