[Vor. 1, 1914 
416 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 
PLATE 25 
Oecopetalum mexicanum Greenm. & Thomp. 
Figs. 1 and 2, flowering branches; 3, flower; 4, inner face of petal; 5 and 6, front 
and side view of stamen; 7, longitudinal section of pistil; 8, diagrammatic cross- 
section of flower bud; 9, diagrammatic cross-section of anther before and after 
dehiscence. 
Mexico 
From the type specimen, Purpus No. 6159, in the Herbarium of the Missouri 
Botanical Garden. 
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