8 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. CYRILLACES. 
Fraser’ at the time of one of his last voyages to America, and flowered in 1812 or 1813 in his nursery 
at Sloane Square in London.” Cliftonia is now cultivated in a few botanic gardens only.’ 
1 See i. 8. 8 According to Nuttall (Sylva, ii. 94), Cliftonia survived for a 
2 The figure in the Botanical Magazine, published in 1813, was number of years without protection in Bartram’s botanic garden at 
made from a specimen grown in Mr. Fraser’s nursery. Kingsessing, near Philadelphia. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate LIT. Ciirronia MONOPHYLLA. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a flower. 
A flower, enlarged. 
A flower, enlarged, two of the petals removed. 
A petal, enlarged. 
A stamen of the outer rank, enlarged. 
. A stamen of the inner rank, enlarged. 
. A pistil, enlarged. 
OMAAHNPE WHE 
. Vertical section of a pistil, enlarged. 
bb 
ro) 
. An ovule, much magnified. 
uo 
pak 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. A fruit, enlarged. 
. Cross section of a fruit, enlarged. 
a 
Bm WwW b 
. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
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or 
. A seed, enlarged. 
fob 
for) 
- An embryo, much magnified. 
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. Winter-buds, natural size. 
