endeavor to press the head against the wall. The symptoms all showed a hi 
state of irritation of the alimentary tract. a 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 41. 
1. End ofa fruiting branch, Ithaca, N. Y., July 17th, 1885. 
2. Female flower. 
3. Section of ovary. 
4. Male flower. 
5. Petal. 
6. Stamen. ; 
7- The persistent calyx-tube. 
8. Nutlet. 
9. Horizontal section of the nutlet. 
‘(2-9 enlarged.) 
