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Tas. VII. 
Balanophora (Polyplethia) polyandra. 
1. Male plant :—natural size. 
2 & 3. Alabastra, seen vertically. 
4. Alabastrum, forcibly expanded. 
5. Columna staminea. 
6. A flower. 
7. The same, with the sepals reflexed forcibly, viewed laterally. 
8. Transverse double section of columna staminea. 
9. Endothecium. 
10. Pollen ; measured under object-glass ;! To 
11. A female plant :—natural size. 
12. Pistilla and glandular-headed axes. 
13. Pistillum, separate. a,a. The nucleary appearance, seen externally, due to the 
cavity in the pistillum. 4. The young embryo: this is supplied from fig. 15. 
14. Apex of a style of a young and apparently abortive pistillum :—;1; m 
15. Pistillum, upper half torn open; the opake circular line represents the boundary 
of its cavity, in the upper part of which is the young embryo. 
15a. Embryo detached ; the apex is torn a little. I could make nothing out of the fila- 
ment by which it is attached, even under 71... 
16. Upper part of a pistillum, with its style similarly laid open, showing the embryo 
increased in size; a pollen-grain? adheres to the style a little below its apex :— 
magnified about 200 times. 
16a. Apex of the style: —41. m. 
From specimens preserved in spirits. 
Tas. VIII. 
Pheeocordylis areolata. 
1. Plant, reduced one-third, from a dri from recent specimens by one of the 
native draftsmen of the Calcutta Garden. i; 
2. Another view, partially altered from a pencil sketch by the same draftsman. 
3. Portion of the head of the spadix. 
4. Two of the paraphysiform hairs. 
5. Abortive pistillum. 
6. Stigma of the same. 
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