ILLUSTRATIONS 



[The drawings of the fruit and seeds are from a nearly dry fruit preserved for some months 

 in a refrigerator. Drawings by J. K. Santos.] 



Plate V. Merrillia caloxylon (Ridley) Swingle. 



A flowering branch from specimens taken from a tree growing 

 in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, showing young and 

 mature leaves and mature buds, one opening. Natural size. 

 VI. Merrillia caloxylon (Ridley) Swingle. 



a, a mature bud, natural size, drawn from the large bud shown 



in Plate V soaked in water and partly opened. 



b, pistil, X 2. 



c, cross section of the ovary, x 20. 



d, a seed, natural size. 



e, a seed deprived of its paleae, showing the ariloid ridge at 



the hilum. 

 /, cross section of a seed, x 2. 

 g, longitudinal section of a seed, x 2. 

 h, paleae from the seed, X 4. 



i, cross section of a partly dry ripe fruit, natural size. 

 ;', tangential section of a part of the pericarp, x 5, showing 



the lacunae. 



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