EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Plate CCCXXX. Leitneria Floridana. 



1. A flowering branch of a staminate plant, natural size. 



2. A flowering branch of a pistillate plant, natural size. 



3. A bract of the staminate ament, exterior view, enlarged. 



4. A staminate flower with bract, enlarged. 



5. Rear and front views of a stamen, enlarged. 



6. A pistillate flower with bract and involucre, the style cut 



transversely, enlarged. 



7. Vertical section of a staminate flower with bract, enlarged 



8. A fruiting branch, natural size. 



9. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 



10. Cross section of a fruit, enlarged. 



11. A stone, natural size. 



12. A seed, enlarged. 



13. An embryo, enlarged. 



14. A leafy branch, natural size. 



15. A winter branchlet of the staminate plant, natural size. 



16. A winter branchlet of the pistillate plant, natural size. 



17. An axillary bud and leaf-scar, enlarged. 



