Character of the Genus Cryptolepis. 5 ; 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



Fig. A. A flowering branch of Cryptolepis Buchanani. 



1. A corolla seen from above. 



2. Limb and upper part of the tube of the corolla removed, showing the calyx, and the 



anthers closely connivent over the top of the stigma. 



3. The same seen erect. 



4 and 5. Anthers, front and back views. N.B. The shade near the margins in fig. 4. 

 indicates the slits of the cells, which are more marked than represented in the 

 figure. 



6. The same as fig. 2, but the anthers removed to show the appendicidee in situ: con- 

 siderably enlarged. 



7- Stigma and ovaria, &c, seen erect ; the corpuscles and their appendicular removed, 

 to show the viscid corners of the notches, which are enlarged a little out of pro- 

 portion. 



8. Stigma seen from above ; the corpuscles removed. 



9. Stigma seen from below (turned upside down), to show the gland-like corpuscles 



stretching across the notches, and applied to the viscid corners. (N.B. Not well 

 executed.) 



10, 11 and 12. Corpuscles and their appendicular, with pollen grains strewed over thr 

 latter. (N.B. No attempt by the native artist to show accurately the form or 

 mode of aggregation of the grains.) 



13. Nearly ripe follicles. 



14 and 15. Structure of the follicles. 



16. The unripe seeds. 



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