PLATE III. 



Portion of a plant of Borrichia frutescens, natural size. 



Figure 1. — A distinctly toothed leaf from a Texan specimen. 

 ,, 2. — Portion of a hairy leaf. 

 „ 3. — Portion of a glabrous leaf. 

 ,, 4. — An outer bract of the involucre. 

 „ 5. — One of the rigid pales of the receptacle. 



6. — A ray-flower. 

 ,, 7. — Upper portion of style from the same. 



8. — A disk-flower. 



9. — Portion of corolla of the same laid open, and showing the terete rigid tips 

 of the lobes.. 

 ,, 10. — Anthers from a disk-flower. 

 „ 11. — Upper part of the style from a disk-flower. 

 „ 12. — A ripe achene : all enlarged except figure 1. 



The main drawing was made from Floridan specimens in Kew Herbarium, the Ber- 

 mudan being fragmentary and unsuitable for the purpose. 



