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flected, the auricule now exist, as also the anterior 
stigma. 
7. More advanced. Sepals and petals removed, labellum de- 
flexed, the future parts of the column are now ap- 
parent, except the stigmata opposed to the two lateral 
sepals; the style of the anterior one exists. 
7a. Dorsal view of the same with the exception of the la- 
bellum. 
8. Column in front more advanced, traces of the two la- 
teral stigmata are now visible. 
8a. Long section of do. no traces of ovula at this period. 
9. Front view of column, the three stigmata are now ma- 
nifest as well as the aperture of the conducting canal. 
9a. Long section of the same, the ovula are even now 
scarcely traceable. 
In this plant the steps in the development are precisely as 
in the Dicotyledons I have examined. 
The immediate apex of the axis is a convex, fleshy, smooth 
looking body, just below it will be found other convexities, 
the commencement of the bractez, and in the axils of those 
a little lower will be found other convex bodies, the young 
flowers ; the convexities become depressed or flattened at the 
apex, then this part becomes triangular, then the angles are 
developed into teeth, the apices of the young sepals. The 
discoid space between these next presents another alternat- 
ing triangle, the angles of which represent the inner laciniz 
of the perianth. 
The posticous petal from a very early period takes on pow- 
ers of growth superior to those of the lateral ones, it also 
closely resembles the first developed and only perfect stamen, 
which is of considerable size even at a very early period. 
The next growths that appear are the lateral auricule 
they are obviously opposed to the lateral sepals, 
The stigmata are the last to make their appearance, and it 
is the anticous which is first developed, indeed almost perfect- 
