EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Plate CCCL Persea Borbonta. 



1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. Diagram of a flower. 



3: A flower, enlarged. 



4. Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 



5. A stamen of the outer series, front view, enlarged. 



6. A staminodium, front view, enlarged. 



7. A stamen of the third series, showing basal glands, 



front view, enlarged. 



8. An ovule, much magnified. 



9. A fruiting branch, natural size- 



10- Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 

 U. An embryo, enlarged. 



