PLATE XVI. 



Figure A. — Portion of a vigorous specimen of Tledyotis adscensionis, DC, natural size. 



B. — A branch of a stunted plant of the same. 



1. — A leaf with its stipules. 



2. — A leaf seen from beneath. 



3. — A flower from the stunted plant (Fig. B.). 



4. — A flower from the more vigorous plant (Fig. A.). 



5. — Corolla of the short-tubed form laid open, showing the insertion of the 

 stamens. 



6. — A style with stigma from the same. 



7. — Vertical section through a half-ripe fruit. 



8. — A ripe fruit in which the calyx has become quite glabrous. 



9. — One of the carpels after it has separated from the exocarp, seen from the 

 inner face, and showing the apical and loculicidal dehiscence. 



10. — Side view of the same. 



11. — Seeds, natural size. 



12. — Seeds: all the figures enlarged more or less, except where otherwise 

 stated. 



The drawings were made from specimens in Kew Herbarium. 



