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rise to an achene : in the unripe fruit, shown in fig. 13, the 

 young seed encloses a hollow. I have made no sections of 

 a perfectly ripe fruit. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXL 



Fig. 1. Longitudinal section through very j'oung bud of Coriaria ruscifolia 



X 83 ; st, peduncle ; b, bracteole ; s, sepal. 

 Fig. 2. Longitudinal section of young bud of C. ruscifolia X 83 : 2^ed, 



peduncle ; b, bracteole ; s, sepal ; p, petal ; st, stamen. 

 Fig. 3. Longitudinal section through young bud of G. ruscifolia X 83. 



Letters as in Fig. 2 ; g, gyncecium. 

 Fig. 4. Longitudinal section through young bud of C. ruscifolia X 83. 



Letters as in Fig. 3. 

 Fig. 5. Longitudinal section through bud of C. ruscifolia X 83 : s, sepal ; 



p, petal ; st, stamen ; sty, style. 

 Fig. 6. Longitudinal section through ovary and stamens of bud of C. rusci- 

 folia X 83 : s, sepal ; p, petal ; /, filament ; a, anther ; o, ovary ; 



sty, style ; st, stigma. 

 Fig. 7. Longitudinal section through pistil of younp flower of C. ruscifolia 



X 83: sta, stamen; o, ovary; ov, ovule; sty, style; si, stigma. 

 Fig. 8. Longitudinal section through ovary of young flower of C. ruscifolia 



X 83 : sta, stamen ; o, ovary ; ov, ovule ; n, nucellus of ovary ; 



sty, style. 

 Fig. 9. Transverse section through young flower of C. ruscifolia X 30 : s, 



sepal ; p, petal; /, filament: o, ovary; ov, ovule ; /.i;.&, fibro- 



vascular bundles. 

 Fig. 10. Transverse section through young unopened flower of C. ruscifolia 



X 20 : s, sepals ; p, petals ; a, anthers ; st, styles. 

 Fig. 11. Transverse section through ovary of C. ruscifolia X 25 : ov, 



ovules ; f.v.h, fibro-vascular bundles. 

 Fig. 12. Division of mother-cells of pollen-grains into four, X 650 : p, pollen- 

 grains in fours dividing. 

 Fig. 13. Transverse section through unripe fruit of C. ruscifolia X 25 : s, 



sepal ; p, petal; ov, ovule; f.v.b, fibro-vascular bundles. 

 Fig. 14. Eipe pollen-grains of C. ruscifolia X 770, showing nucleus n, with 



two nucelli. 



Art. XXXVIII. — The Medicinal Properties of some New Zealand 



Plants. 



By J. Baser, C.E. 



[Bead before the Auckland Institute, 23rd August, 1886.] 



As this paper is the result of what I have gathered chiefly from 

 old settlers and Maoris, and of a few personal observations, its 

 statements are of course open to inquiry. It appeared to me 

 that by putting this information in a tabulated form the atten- 

 tion of pharmacists might be attracted, and more reUable results 

 obtained. 



