IN JONESIA ASOCA. 3 
Gb. Flower bud in axilla of-bractea, the bracteoles now 
imbricated. 
7a. The same, the posticous face and bractea URUAR 
7b. Floral disc taken out from between the bracteoles, 
with outlines of the anterior and posterior sepals. 
7c. Another bractea and its flower bud of the same period. 
7d. Bud,removed from axilla. 
7f. Bracteoles opened out, on the floral disc are seen the 
rudiments of the anterior and posterior sepal. 
"7g. Bud and its bractea more advanced. 
8a. Same, removed from hweintek and viewed on anticous 
face. 
8b. Same, bracteoles spread out, Mbersd the floral disc 
with rudiments of 4 sepals. 
8c. Floral disc removed. 
8d. Floral disc removed, the origin of the 5th sepal sub- 
sequently united to the anticous from the 4th or 
anticous ? of mature flower. 
9a. Flower bud more advanced, filling the whole sinus of 
the bractea. 
10a. Bractea cut off. 
Ila. Bracteoles removed, shewing initiouiis of sepals. 
12. Sepals spread out, the union between the outer pos- 
ticous and the innermost lateral of right side has 
now taken place. 
13. Genitalia separated. 
14. Stamen, 15 ditto 5, M. 
16. Ventral face (or anticous ?) of pistillum. 
17. A little more advanced, Sortias. iz to Nò. 12. 
18. Stamen. 
:19. Pistillum. 
::90. Transverse section of ditto. 
Jonesia occasionally varies with two ovaria, most of the 
instances remarked had the carpella anterior and posterior ; 
in all the 2nd ovarium proceeds from the base of the normal 
