210 PLUMBAGINACE/E. 
9. Base of one petal. 
10. Another back view after dehiscence, 
11. Pollen. 
12. Pistillum. 
12a. Stigma and portion of style iterum. 
13. Long section of ovary. 
13a. Ovulum 
14. Ovule "T interior of ovary from a bud, corolla length 
of bractea shewing that the conducting tissue is 
formed at an early period, not à sudden appearance at 
the time of fecundation. 
15. Young fruit, shewing the separation of petals and stamina 
from the glandular cup, a fact analogous to what oc- 
curs in Mirabilis. 
15. Pistillum of do. 
16. Calyx of fruit, in a young state. 
36a. Same laid open, shewing the inflexion of the marces- 
cent petals etc. 
Has. Affghanistan. Barren, rocky hills. Cabul et alibi. 
Oss. Each flower to be looked on as terminal, owing to the 
presence of a bud in the axil of the last bractea. 
The inflorescence only differs in degree from the pani- 
culate or corymbose forms ; in principle it is the same. Three 
or four other species of similar habit have been obtained by 
me, but only one of the paniculate form. 
The conducting process is of early origin, and is at an 
early stage applied to the foramen, it is a formation from tbe 
stigmatic tissue. Lindley's explanation is not correct, the 
strap is never broad enough to hinder the process from enter- 
ing the foramen. 
