DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES, 



Plate 74. 



Ly 



Fig, 1, a flower. Fig 



. ^ ^ the corolla : both nat. size. Fig. 3, a calyx. Fig. 4, the 



corolla cut open, showing the position of the stamens. Fig. 5, a filament with its basal 

 gland. Fig. 6, the pistil : all more or less magnijied. 



B. is Lycium Gilliesianum in fruit. 

 C. represents CoJeophora gemmijlora. 



V 



Fig 1 is a raceme taken from the trunk of a very lofty tree: nat. size. Fig. 2, 

 one of «ie bracts shown sideways. Fig. 3, a front view of the same. Fig. 4, the 

 pengonium m bud. Fig. 5, the same expanded. Fig. 6, the same cut open to show 

 the position of the stamens, and the enclosed pistil. Fig. 7, stamens seen in different 

 positions to show the manner of dehiscence of the anthers. Fig. 8, a globule of pollen. 

 I^ig. J, the pistil, with the pengonium cut open and thrown back, to show the mode 

 of their attachment at the base. Fig. 10, the pistil removed, sho\ving the stipitate 

 ovary surrounded at base by its 4-lobed funnel-shaped nectary. Fig. 11, the nectary 

 with four unequal lobes. Fig. 12, the pistil upon its long stipes, and a portion of the 

 waU of the ovary cut away to show its ovule susnended in its »U,»^^ n^U — - - ' 



magnified. 



Fig. 13, the 



Plate 75. 



drawing 



Fin\ tL . f/' i- '^' Pi^^el seated in the articulated joint of the main peduncle. 

 Vk fl.P II 1 ^t ?' *^?,'^^^ '^* °P^^ *° ^^^°^ *^^ ^t^^ens. Fig. 4, the pistil 



he m.nn.r^ H -"" ^''^ '' "^^ ^"^; ''''■ ^'3- 5, the stamens seen in ffont, shoVing 

 the ^ninnf f ^\ •!wl°'' ^1^°^ *,^^^^'^ '^^^^^^ ™g' ^t^ ^ portion of the base of 

 a LTvlw n?.; '* '' '^''? ""!?^'^- .^>- ^' ^ ^*^^' ^ «^^^ from the back. Fig. 7, 

 nortiou nf H f^ '^"^f ' *° '^'''\' *''" "^^'^^ ^^ ^*« dehiscence. Fig. 8, the stigma and 



orl s or^f h «tyle : «;/ ,«o.e «r Z... «.«y«^>J. Fig. 9, the ripe capsule invested by the 

 ptrsLtent calyx. ^ Fg 10, the same with the calyx removed, sho^^-ing the irregular mode 



vnlves X IWl' ^'° V]'\''?' ^^ '^' ^^^^^^ ^'^' '^ ^^P^^ation into distinct 

 men? P;f\o\ Al"" ^'""^ f *^^ '^"^^ ^"^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ removed, to show tlie dissepi- 

 Heen ed^fwn'v. ' S° 'f-*^.? '''^ '' "^ T!' ''''■ ^'3- 13, a seed. Fig. 14, the same, 



renS^feLc^fd ^ '' ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ -"^e, showing the embryo enclosed.' Fig. 18, 



PliATE 76. 



Represents Atropa acuminata. 



•ft a' flowpT fn^'^tr''' ^'T'^l'^"/ *° '^r ^^^ ^°^^^ of aestivation of the coroUa. 



imem 7l ^ I ^ ^ °^' Z'^'.^' *^^ '""""''^ ^^^* «P^^ ^^ show the position of the 

 imens all nat. size. Ftg. 4, a stamen : maaniiied ^M-„ k .i,. ^;„,,-i\,.vu +i,. ..i,.. 



!y«i;?^(?. i^iy. 5, the pistH with the calyx 

 t the base of the ovarv : nat. size. Fia. 6. 



stimun ■ «,™-^ "•— Vi'^sj --"- 6^^"u :it tne Dase of the ovary : nat. size. Fig. (5, 

 stigma . magmficd. Ftg. 7, a transverse section of the ovary showing the mocfe of 



