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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
Pate VI. 
A. Peschiera fuchsiefolia. Fig. 1, portion of the plant in flower and in fruit. Fig. 2, the corolla in bud. 
Fig. 3, the same expanded. Fig. 4, the corolla cut open, to show its sinistrorse convolution and the 
position of the stamens: all natural size. Fig. 5, the same, magnified. Fig. 6, a stamen, much 
magnified. Fig. 7, the calyx. Fig. 8, the same, with the sepals thrown back to show the inner 
basal scales, the ovaries without any disk, the style, clavuncle and terminal stigmata. Fig. 9, the 
two echinated follicles, one of them in the act of dehiscence, showing two rows of seeds suspended 
from each margin of the suture by long fleshy funicles. Fig. 10, seeds, shown in different positions, 
attached at the other end of the funicle to a central hilum on the ventral side, the dorsal side 
glabrous and pluricostate. Fig. 11, a seed deprived of the funicle, shown on its ventral concave side 
with the central hilum. Fig. 12, the same, seen at the apex. Fig.13, a transverse section of the seed. 
Fig. 14, the heterotropous embryo imbedded in albumen. Fig. 15, the embryo extracted, showing its 
foliaceous cotyledons and superior terete radicle. Fig. 16, the same, shown on its edge : natural size. 
B. Bonafousia undulata. Fig. 1, portion of the plant. Fig. 2, the corolla in bud. Fig. 3, the corolla with 
the segments expanded. Fig. 4, the same cut open, to show the introflexion of the segments in 
sstivation, when their tips descend into the mouth of the tube and embrace the summits of 
the stamens (one is shown expanded). Fig. 5, the calyx, the sepals being thrown back to show the 
dentate inner scales, the disk, the ovaries, style, clavuncle, and terminal stigmata: all magnified. 
Fig. 6, the two divaricated follicles on the thickened pedicel, showing the prominent arching lines 
on each side. Fig. 7, one of the follicles dehiscing, showing the seeds half-imbedded in their fleshy 
funicles, but not in pulp, as generally described. Fig. 8, a seed deprived of its funicle, seen on its 
dorsal face. Fig. 9, the same, shown on its ventral face, with its central peltate hilum : all natural size. 
Dapp VII. 
A. Tabernemontana citrifolia, part of a plant. Fig. 1, a flower in bud. Fig. 2, the corolla in bud. 
Fig. 3, the calyx. Fig. 4, the corolla after expansion. Fig. 5, the same cut open, to show the intro- 
flexion of the segments into the mouth of the tube in estivation, and the position of the stamens 
always partially exserted : all natural size. Fig. 6, one of the slender stamens, always of a pale blue 
or greenish colour, magnified. Fig. 7, the sepals, thrown back to show their inner scales, the disk, 
ovaries, style, clavuncle, and stigmata, all magnified. Fig. 8, the two divaricated follicles, one of 
them dehiscing, showing the position of the seeds half-immersed in fleshy funicles (after Plumier). 
Fig. 9, a seed, seen on its dorsal face, suspended by its fleshy funicle. Fig. 10, the same, viewed 
sideways. Fig. 11, the same, on the ventral face. Fig. 12, the seed detached, seen on its ventral 
face, showing the central hilum, from which it is suspended. Fig. 13, the same, shown on its 
dorsal face: all natural size. 
B. Tabernemontana lanceolata, a plant in flower and in fruit. Fig. 15, a flower in bud. Fig. 16, the 
corolla expanded. Fig. 17, the same, cut open to show the position of the half -exserted stamens : all 
natural size. Fig. 18, a stamen, magnified. Fig. 19, the calyx, with the sepals thrown back to show 
the inner scales, the disk, ovaries, clavuncle, and stigmata. Fig. 20, a seed suspended by its fleshy 
funicle. Fig. 21, the same deprived of the funicle, shown on its dorsal face. Fig. 22, the same, 
shown on its ventral face, with the central hilum: all natural size. 
Prats VIII. 
A. Taberna cymosa, portion of a plant. Fig. 1, a flower. Fig. 2, a follicle (after J, acquin) : both natural 
size. 
