PLATE XXIX. 



A plant of Atriplex plebeja, natural size. 



Figure 1. — A cluster of female flowers, with oue male flower. 

 2. — A male flower. 

 3. — Front view of a stamen. 

 4. — Back view of a stamen. 

 5. — A female flower. 



C. — A young female flower, with the bracteoles partially removed. 

 7. — A pistil in quite a young stage. 

 8. — A pistil in a more advanced stage : all very much enlarged. 



The drawing represents a specimen in Kew Herbarium, collected by Carmichael. 



