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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 

 Plate XI. 

 Fig. 1. — Eucolyptus rosfrnta, Sclil., showing fusion of branches. 

 2. — Casuoriiia sfn'cfa, Aiton (Syn. C. quadrivalvis, exhibit- 

 ing spiral toi'sion). 



Plate XII. 



Sketch (somewhat diagrammatic) of part of a Eucalypt, 

 probably (E. hemiphloia, F.V.M., x E. melliodora, 

 Cunn.), the pendant branch 30 feet long, exhibiting 

 heterotropy. Upward growths A, a, a; downward 

 growth, B, b, b, b. 



Plate XIII. 

 Fig. 1. — Et/cali/pfii.s daenphora, F.V.M. A twig showing prolifera- 

 tion associated with heterotaxis. (^.) 

 2.—E. eugenloides, Sieber. with precocious fruits in two 



umbels, developed a year in advance, (f.) 

 3. — E. cordata. 



(a) Two normal umljels. 



(c) One of many umbels with fruits laterally connate. 



(b) Section showing two fruits connate. (Nat. size.) 

 •i. — E. fjlohulus, Labill. An adventitious shoot, with rever- 

 sionary foliage, and fructiferous. Rough sketch of 

 part only of one of several shoots. (Photograph 

 exhibited.) 



5. — Xonihorrhoea minor, R. Br. One of many torsive leaves, 

 the whole plant being affected. (Nat. size.) 



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