Professor Swartz's Observations on Menziesia. 379 



Explanation of Tab. XXX. 



Fig. A. 1. A small shrub of the Menziesia carulea, with fruit- 

 stalks and capsules, natural size. 2. A leaf, showing the upper 

 side. 3. The under side. 4. The pistillum remaining on the 

 calyx after the falling of the corolla. 5. An anthera. 6. A fruit- 

 stalk, and the capsule closed. 7. The same with open valves. 

 8. A valve separate. 9. The axis of the capsule, with a seed on 

 the side, or receptaculum seminum. 10. One seed. All more 

 or less magnified. 



Fig. B. 1. A part of the shrub of Menziesia Bryantha in fruit, 

 natural size. 2. A pedicellus with its capsule. 3. Upper side 

 of a leaf. 4. The under side. 5. A capsule. 6. The same with 



pen valves. 7. The axis. 8. A valve. 9- The seed. All more 



r less magnified. 



ADDITIONAL NOTE 

 By the President. 



Dr. Swartz's conjecture, respecting the Andromeda Stelkriana, 

 proves at once his acuteness, and the solidity of the principles 

 which guide him. I have spscimens of that plant, found by Mr. 

 Menzies on the west coast of North America, and its capsules 

 are those of an Andromeda, having the partitions from the middle 



of 



