PLATE XLI. 



A plant of Plantago stauntoni, having flowers in which the corolla-tube is longer than 



the lobes ; natural size. 



Figure 1. — A bract. 



2. — A flower. 



3. — A corolla laid open, showing the persistent filaments from which the anthers 

 have fallen. 



4. — A pistil in an advanced stage. 



5. — A vertical section at a somewhat later stage, showing the attachment of two 

 of the lateral seeds and the solitary apical one. 



G. — A ripe fruit in the persistent calyx subtended by a bract. 



7. — The operculum or upper part of the capsule, with the placenta protruding 

 below. 



8. — The placenta, showing the points of attachment of two of the lateral seeds 

 and the solitary apical one. 



, ( J. — Ventral view of one of the lateral seeds. 



, 10. — Apical seed : all enlarged. 



Drawing made from a plant in Kew Herbarium, collected by Mr De l'lsle in St 

 Paul Island. 



