KII.. tiiti. Gnetum Gnemon. Hrancli with male inflorescences. (I, nat. size.) 







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ptJL. 



Fie;. I'll. ~.l. l-'.[ihi'ilra altlssima. Male flower, 

 X 16; pg, perigone ; b, leaf. B, (!n>-tinn 

 Gnemon, lon^ittiiliniil section of a female 

 flower (x 3'2. After Lorsy) ; n, nuc-llu- ; 

 ii. iiuifi. and ai, outer integuments : y;i. 

 integument-like investment or perianth. 



499 



Fin. 4ti8. Gni'liiM Rumphiaunm. Apex 

 of the embryo-sac shortly before the 

 formation of the embryos, wk, female, 

 nuclei ; mk, male nuclei ; ps, pollen- 

 tube ; pk, disorganised nucleus of the 

 pollen-tube, (x 250.) 



2 K 1 



