DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



ified. Fig. 17, the calyx 



by their margins at base, two of them being cut away to show the pistil, surrounded at 

 its base by its lobed hypogynous gland : nat. size. ^Fig. 18, the ovary with its hypo- 

 gynous gland : magnified. Fig. 19, the two-lobed stigma. Fig. 20, a longitudinal 

 caof.^^ r.^ ^\.r. . show^g one of its lobes, and the hollow in the summit of the stvle - 



ified. 



Plate 47. 



Is a branch of Sarcopliysa s^eciosa. 



^ Fig. 1, a flower with its inflated fleshy tubular calyx, divided by five short clefts at 

 its summit. Fig. 2, the corolla. Fig. 3, the fruit, enclosed in its thick, coriaceous, 

 persistent calyx, which becomes irregularly lacerated on its side, by the growth of the 



large berry. 



Plate 48. 

 Shows a portion of Ectozoma Pavonii. 



. Fig. 1, is a flower. Fig. 2, the calyx with its enclosed pistil. Fig. 3, the pistil 

 removed. Fig. 4, the corolla cut open to show the included stamens : all nat. size. 

 Fig. 5, the corolla, showing the mode of asstivation of its segments. Fig. 6, the same 

 cut open, showing the stamens attached to the back of a free annular ciliated rii ' 

 which arises from the contracted portion of the corolla. 



Plate 49. 



Exhibits a branch of Cacabus Nolanoides. 



r 



Fig. 1, thd delicately membranaceous and reticulated calyx. Fig. 2, the corolla cut 

 open to show the included stamens. Fig. 3, a section of the calyx saccate at its base, 

 showing the enclosed pistil: all nat. size. Fig. 4, the stamens magnified^ seen in 

 different positions. Fig. 5, the stigma, also magnified. 



Details of Cacahus prostratus. — Fig. 6, the frdit enclosed in its delicately reticulated 



persistent calyx. Fig. 7, the berr}^ removed, showing its apical epigj-nous gland, and 



the persistent base of the style : loth nat. size. Fig. 8, the same, magnified. Fig. 9, 



a transverse section of the same, sho^^dng the thin dissepiment, and its free lunated 



placentae and attached seeds: also magnified. Fig. 10, seeds: nat. size. Fig. 11, a 



seed: magnified. Fig. 12, a longitudinal section of the same, showing the lateral 



hilmn, and the embryo enclosed in albumen. Fig. 13, the embryo removed : both also 

 magnified. 



Plate 50. 



an Miersii 



Fig. 1, is the calyx. Fig. 2, the corolla cut open to show the position of the stamens : 

 loth nat. size. Figs. 3 & 4, stamens before and after dehiscence. Fig. 5, transverse section 

 of an anther after the discharge of its pollen : all magnified. Fig. 6, the entire pistil : 

 nat. size. Fig. 7, the stigma, front and side \iew : magnified. Fig. 8, the fruit con- 



cealed within the persistent calyx. F 



Fig. 10, 



transverse section of ditto, showing placentation of seeds. Fig. 11, seeds : all nat. size. 

 Fig. 12, a seed. Fig. 13, a longitudinal section of ditto. Fig. 14, the embryo extracted 



magnified 



b 



