390 AN APOCYNACEOUS PLANT. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 

 Plate xxxiv. 



Fig. 1 — Portion of twining stem. 



Fig. 2 — Branchlet with inflorescence. 



Fig. 3— Individual flower (enlarged). 



Fig. 4 — Calyx showing hypogynous scales (enlarged). 



Fig. 5 — Stamens (enlarged). 



Fig. 6 — Fruit. 



Fig. 7 — Seed. 



Plate XXXV. 



Fig. 8 — Tuber weighing 10|lbs. 

 Fig. 9 — Tuber in section. 



The text figure (p. 385) is reproduced from a photograph showing a plant 

 of Parsonsia Paddisoni twining round a dead tree about 20 feet high. 



