DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 



placentation •magnified Fig 8, the ripe fruit with its persistent calyx. Fig. 9, some 

 of Its seeds : hothnat s^ze Fig. 10, a seed. Fig. 11, a section of the sa.nef shoX. 

 the embryo imbedded m albumen. Fig. 12, the embryo extracted. ^ 



Plate 77. 



of Witlmniafi 



Fig. 1, a flower. Fig. 2, the coroUa. Fig. 3, tlie same cut open, showinc tlie in- 



'amr i^VT''l\^. ^f '' *^' f'l- ^'3- 5, the pistil : all \aL size ^ig. i, Z 

 same. Fig. 7, two of the stamens : both magnified. Fig. 8, the persistent augmented 

 calyx contaming the frmt. Fig. 9, the berry taken out of the calyx. Fig. 10, a trans- 

 verse section of the same, with an included seed, sho^ving its bilocular structure. >^ 1 1 

 a seed seen m front and edgeways : all nat. size. Fig. 12, the same. Fig. 13 scx-tioii 



agnijied. 



B. is Withania aristata. 



F^y l,_a flower, i^^^. 2, the coroUa. F/j^. 3, the calyx. F/jr. 4, the corolla cut open : 



It r:t ^'•^•A*'^*',.*?^*!'^ stamens.. Fig. 6, the stigma, with a portion of the 

 st>le : both magnified. Fig. 7, the berry seated in the augmented persistent calyx 

 tig. 8, the same removed. Fig. 9, a transverse section of the same. Fig. 10 seeds 

 seen m different positions : all nat. size. Fig. 11, a seed. Fig. 12, section of tlie 

 saine, showing the embryo imbedded in albumen. Fig. 13, the embryo extracted • 



magnified 



Plate 78. 

 Is a representation of Anisodm luridus. 



Fig 1, a flower in bud, to show the mode of its aestivation. Fig. 2, the same ex- 

 panded. Fig. 3, the corolla. Fig. 4, the same cut open, showing the insertion of tlie 

 stamens -.all nat. size. Fig. 5, the stamens seen in different positions : somewliat mag- 

 nified. Fig. 6, the pistil : nat. size. Fig. 7, the same, exhibiting the lobcd fleshy 

 hypogynous disk that invests the ovary. Fig. 8, longitudinal section of the same : 

 both magnified. Fig. 9, the berry enclosed in the persistent calyx. Fig. 10, the same 

 watii tlie calyx removed. Fig. 11, a transverse section of the same, showing the mode 

 ot Its placentation. Fiq. 12, the fleshv berrv become dried and cavmo^x^u^ «hmv,-n.r 



tne mode ot its opercular dehiscence, and also the thick coriaceous dissepiment. Fig. 13, 

 ^f^f T • , ^f ^^^^ **~^- ^^9- 14, a seed seen in front and sideways, showing the position 

 ot the hilum. Fig. 15, a section of the same, with the embryo imbedded in albumen : 



magnified 



Plate 79. 



A. shows Hyoscgamus jpictus. 



Fig. 1, is a flower. Fig. 2, the calyx. Fig. 3, the corolla. Fig. 4, tlie same cut open : 

 alt nat. size. Fig. 5, a stamen seen edgeways, to show the mode of its insertion on the 

 coroUa. Fig. 6, the transverse section of an anther : both magnified. Fig. 7, the pistil 

 with tlie calyx thrown back : nat. size. Fig. 8, the ovary, showi ' " 



ityli 



Fig. 9, a longitudinal 



