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Explanation of plates 7-9 
PLATE 7 
DESMOPSIS PANAMENSIS (Robinson) Safford 
Showing flowers, fruit and essential parts. a, Short peduncle terminating in 
leaf-like bract; b, elongated pedicels; ¢, torus devoid of stamens and bearing cluster 
of young carpels; d, stamen, showing concave connective expanded above pollen 
sacs; ¢, ovary bearing depressed spheroid hairy style; f, cluster of mature stiped 
carpels; g, carpel, showing column of discoid seeds; h, seed, lateral view; i, terminal 
seed, showing convex surface; d, e, enlarged; remaining parts natural size. Drawn 
by Theodore Bolton from the type specimen 
PLATE 8 
DeEsmopsis Maxontt Safford 
a, Short peduncle terminating in leaf-like bract; 5, elongated pedicel bearing 
small bracts at its base and below its middle; c, essential parts, showing cluster of 
carpels tipped with hairy styles surrounded by the Beg a d, stamen; e, cluster of 
young carpels from which styles have become detached; f, fruit, showing short-stiped 
carpels (nearly mature); g, a fruit (berry) with part of pericarp removed so as to show 
the seeds. Branches with flower, fruit and leaves, natural size; c and d enlarged. 
Drawn by Mrs. R. E. Gamble from the type specimen. 
PLATE 9 
DESMOPSIS BIBRACTEATA (Robinson) Safford 
a, Cluster of fruit; b, seeds. Natural size. Drawn by Theodore Bolton from 
type material in the United States National Herbarium. 
