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414 > MR. B. CLARKE ON THE STRUCTURE AND AFFINITIES OF BATIDEÆ, ETC. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Tas. LXVIII. 
Fig. 27. A portion of a spike of female flowers of Batis maritima, showing the scars left by the hade 
a. a transverse section of the front ovary, showing the relation of the cells to its two stigmas, and 
bundles of vessels interposed between them, anteriorly and posteriorly, so that they form pairs 
right and left of the axis. 'The ovules are also seen to be in pairs right and left of the axis, 
indicated by the position of their raphes. 
a 28. A longitudinal section of the ovary of Erisma violacea, showing the relative position of the 
spurred sepal and stamen, and that the ovules are attached on the anterior side of the ovary. 
Fig. 29. A longitudinal section of the ovary of Cassytha filiformis, showing the attachment of the ovule, 
and that the raphe is dorsal; also a furrow in the style on the same side as the attachment of 
the ovule. 
