EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Plate CCCIX. Gymnajstthes lucida. 



1- A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. Diagram of a cluster of male flowers. 



3. Diagram of a female flower. 



4. A cluster of male flowers with their scale, ani 



enlarged. 



5. A stamen, enlarged. 



6. A female flower with its peduncle, enlarged. 



7. Vertical section of a female flower, enlarged. 

 8- Cross section of a female flower, enlarged. 



9. An ovule, much magnified. 



10. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



11. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 



12. A coccus partly split open, displaying the ven 



a seed, enlarged. 



13. A seed, enlarged. 



14. Cross section of a seed, enlarged. 



15. An embryo, enlarged. 



16. A stipule, enlarged. 



