assuredly, nothing more than an enlarged receptacle or ex- 
tremity of the flower-stalk, a tendency to which, Mr. Linp- 
Ley remarks, is observable in CHELiponium majus and Hyrr- 
coum grandzflorum. - : 
Fig. 1. Base of one of the Petals, to which some of the Stamens are attach- 
ed. 2. Apex ofan Anther. 3. Pistil inserted in the cup-shaped Receptacle, 
or hollowed extremity of the Peduncle. 4. Section of the Germen. 5. Ripe 
Capsule (nat. size). 6. Seed. 7. Section of ditto. 8, Embryo.—All but 
fig. 5, more or less magnified. 
