EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate I. — Chrysorhoe nitens. 1 . a flower just expanding, with the bracts 

 about to fall off ; 2. a view of an entire expanded flower ; 3. an anther ; 

 4 . a section of the ovary, with the stamens adhering. 



Plate II. — A. Verticordia inslgnis. 1. a vertical section of a flower with- 

 out the sepals and petals ; 2. a stamen. 



B. Hedaroma latifolium. 1. a single flower; 2. a section of a part 

 of the upper portion of a flower, seen from within ; 4. a stamen ; 5, a 

 vertical section of an ovary. 



Plate III. — A. Beaufortia purpurea. 1. an entire flower; 2. a petal with 

 one of the phalanges of stamens ; 3 . an anther ; 4. a transverse section 

 of an ovary ; 5. a vertical section of the same. 



B. Calytrix aurea. 1. a filament ; 2. the ovules with the cord to 

 which they adhere, and a portion of the lining of the ovary. 



Plate IV. — Nuytsia fiorihunda. 1. a set of bracts ; 2. an entire flower. 



Plate V. — A. Atelandra incana. 1. a stamen; 2. the calyx; 3. the 

 pistil. 



B. Gastrolobium cordatum. 1. a calyx ; 2. a longitudinal section of 

 the ovary. 



Plate VI. — A. Conostylis setosa. 1. a vertical section of the flower and 

 ovary. 



B. Anigozanthus humilis. 



Plate VII. — A. Laxmannia grandijlora. I. a flower with its bract ; 2. the 

 corolla; 3. the latter spHt open to shew the stamens; 4. a vertical sec- 

 tion of an ovary ; 5. a seed. 

 B. Johnsonia hirta. 



Plate VIII. — A. Caladenia longicauda. 1. a view of the inside of the 

 labellum. 



B. Biuris filifolia. 1 . a side view of the labellum. 



C. Thelymitra villosa. 1. a front view of the column. 



Plate IX.— A. Borya scirpoidea. 1. a perianth, magnified ; 2. the pistil ; 

 3. a transverse section of the ovary. 



B. Macdonaldia Smithiana. 1. a flower magnified. 



C. Macdonaldia antennifera. 1. the column magnified. 



