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ON THE COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE CÜCURBITACE.«, WILD AND CULTIVATED, 



IN JAPAN, 



PLATE I. 



Plate I. 



Fig. 1-4. Diagrammatic representation of transverse sections through the 

 stem of Benincasa ceri/cra in various stages. Fig. 1. A young 

 stem ; Fio-. 2. A oTowins; stem ; Fig. 3. A full-o-rown stem ; 

 Fig. 4. An old stem, ri, fibro-vascnlar bundle of the outer ring; 

 h, libro-vascular Imndle of the inner ring; c, central hollow. 



Fig. 5. Sharp-pointed conical trichome of Melotliria japonica. Zeiss, 

 2xD. 



