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Fig. 7. Male flower with portion of perianth removed. 

 Fig. 8. Synema with anthers burst at their apices. 

 Fi". 9. Transverse section of anthers. 

 Fig. 10. Pollen-grains. 

 Fig. 11. Female flower. 

 Fi". 12. Longitudinal section of ditto. 

 Fig. 13. Apex of style and stigma. 

 Fig. 14. Transverse section of style. 

 Fig. 15. Fruit, in situ. 

 Fi"-. 16. The same removed. 

 Fig. 17. Vertical section of ditto. 

 Fig. 18. Seed. 

 Fig. 19. Grains of albumen. 



Fi". 20. Rudimentary flowers at base of male capitulum. 

 Fig. 21. One of the same detached. 

 Fio'. 22. Another of the same, more developed. 

 All but figs. 1-4 very highly magnified. 



Tab. XII. 



Khopalocnemis phalloides, Jungh. 

 Fig. 1. Male plant. 

 Fig. 2. Female ditto. 



Fig. 3. Male flower and articulated filaments. 

 Fig. 4. Transverse section of anthers. 

 Fig. 5. Female flower and articulated filaments. 

 All but figs. 1 & 2 highly magnified. 



Tab. XIII. 



Corynaa crassa. Hook. fil. 

 Fig. 1 . Plant of the natural size. 



Fig. 2. Very young plants attached to the branches of a root. 

 Fig. 3. Bud of male flower. 

 Fig. 4. Expanded male flower. 



Fig. 5. The same far advanced, the pedicel of the synema having lengthened greatly. 

 Fig. 6. Transverse section of anthers. 

 Fig. 7. Pollen-grains. 



Fig. 8. Very young female flowers, showing the ovary to be 2-lobed at that age. 

 Fig. 9. Articulated filament and female flower before the faUing away of the bracts, sho« ing the position 



of the styles. 

 Fig. 10. Mature female flower. 

 • Fig. 11. Vertical section of neaily ripe fruit exposing the seed and embryo*. 

 Fig. 12. Section of ripe seed and embryo. 

 Fig. 13. Embryo removed from the seed. 

 Fig. 14. Apex of style and stigma. 

 Fig. 15. Transverse section of style. 

 Fig. 16. Young articulated filament, its cells still nucleated. 



* See foot-note at \>. 54. 



