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lines stands for the bracts of the cluster ; the others are the sepals of the re- 

 spective flowers ; the circles they subtend stand for the corolla ; the figures 

 in their centre denote the posidon of the lobes of the stigma. Fig. 6. Dia- 

 gram of the solitary axillary flower, and die aestivation of its corolla ; the bract, 

 axis, sepals, and lobes of the stigma are represented as in the foregoing ; the se- 

 ries next within the sepals illustrates the a;stivation of the corolla. Fig. 3. A 

 separated solitary axillary flower, with its subtending bracteal leaf. Fig. 4. 

 The corolla laid open, enlarged (corrected as above). Fig. 5. A stamen, 

 more magnified. Fig. 8. The pistil magnified. Fig. 9. Apex of the style, 

 with the stigmas, highly magnified. Fig. 10. A fertilized ovule, highly mag- 

 nified. Fig. 11. The fructified pistil, with a cross-section of the ovary, 

 showing the relation of the lobes of the stigma to the introflexed processes of 

 the parietes, and the attachment of the ovules to the whole face of the cell. 

 Fig. 7. Diagram of the same ; the two oval approximate lines above denote 

 the lobes of the stigma ; the two minute circles placed right and left within the 

 thickness of the walls of the ovary stand at the middle of the carpels ; the in- 

 troflexed lines at right angles with these indicate their margins or sutures. 

 Fig. 12. One of the carpels or valves, separated through the sutures, style, 

 and stigma, and spread open, die ovules having been removed. 



