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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Pirate DXXXV. SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS. 
. A branch with staminate flowers, natural size. 
A staminate flower, enlarged. 
A stamen, rear view, enlarged. 
. A stamen, front view, enlarged. 
. A branch, with pistillate flowers, natural size. 
. Diagram of a pistillate flower. 
A pistillate flower, enlarged. 
Vertical section of a scale of a pistillate flower, with ovules, 
front view, enlarged. 
Vertical section of a scale of a pistillate flower, side view, 
enlarged. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. A scale of a cone with seeds, front view, enlarged. 
. A scale of a cone with seeds, rear view, enlarged. 
. A seed, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a seed, enlarged. 
. An embryo, much magnified. 
. A branch with winter buds, natural size. 
. Cross section of a leaf, magnified. 
. A seedling, natural size. 
