BY ALEX. G. HAMILTON. OD 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Eupomatia laurina, R.Br. 



Fig. 1.^ — An unopened bud. 



Fig. 2. — Bud after the fall of the cap. 



Fig. 'i^. — The open flower ; a, fertile stamen.s ; -s, starainodes. 



Fis. 4. — A stamen. 



Fig. 5. — Pollen grains— dry. 



Fig. 6. — Pollen grain in clove oil. 



Fig. 7.— The fruit. 



Fig. 8. — Longitudinal section of fruit. 



Fig. 9. — Transverse section of fruit. 



Fig. 10.— The beetle (EUeschodes spj. 



Figs. 11-13. — Bases of leaves, showing the folds. 



