370 Dr. SMirn'a Account of B)-unoina. 



loo confidently perhaps asserted for natural, may it, not on the 

 other hand guide us to some natural combinations, in helping us, 

 for instance, to understand Cori/mbiian? 'J'hesc an(jnialous pro- 

 ductions, while they perplex the system-builder, enlighten the 

 true observer. Who knows but tlie difference between an up- 

 right and a reversed embryo, which, according to our present 

 knowledge, 1 allow to be ahnost insuperable, and by which rule 

 Jirtoioiiia must be referred tt) the Con/mhifene, and not to the 

 JJipsdcece, may prove, like every other known character, liable 



too ccasional exception ? 



J. E. Smith. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Tab. XXVIIL Buunonia austruUs. 

 Fig. 1. Planta magnitudine naturali. 2. P'loscompletus magn. 

 auctus. 3. Calyx exterior cum bractea respondente capituli. 

 4. Corolla cum dimidio calycis interioris. 5. Pistillum et Sta- 

 mina, (juorum tubus anlherarum apertus. 6, Stigma dimidio 

 indusii abscisso. Apex styli cum iudusio stigmatis. 



Tab. XXIX. Brunoxia sericea. 

 Fig. 1. Planta magnitudine naturali. 2. Capituli lobus magn. 

 auctus. 3. Figs completus. 4. Calyx exterior cum bractea re- 

 spondente capituli. 5. Stamina et Pistillum, cujus Stigma lon- 

 gitudine indusii. 6. Stamen unicum. 7- Pistillum, cujus stigma 

 semiexsertum. 8. Apex Styli cum indusio stigmate adhuc in- 

 cluso. 9. Stigma denudatum. 10. Calyx interior f'ructifer. 

 11. Tubus ejusdem apertus, ostendens semen filamentis infra, 

 cohivrentibus cinctum. 12. Semen filamentis persistentibus 

 cinctuni. 13. Apex incrassatus operculiformis tunica? exterioris 

 seminis. 14. Semen tunica exteriore orbatum. 15. Embryo. 



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