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PLANTJE WRIGHTIAN-S. 



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FiG. 9. Inside vievv of the same (witliout the.calyx) laid open; showing the six-valved endocarp, with 



the threc filiform sutural nerves, and the three recurved valves of the exocarp, 

 " 10. Placenta, with some of the seeds still attached to their filiform funiculi, equally magnified with 



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the preceding. 



11. A magnified seed. 



12. Vertical scction of the same, and of the contained embryo- 



PLATE IIL B. AMOREUXIA SCHEIDEANA, Planch., p. 29. 



FiQ. 1. A dehiscent capsulc, of the natural size 

 '^ 2. Vertical section of the same. 

 " 3. Transverse section of the same. 



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4. A seed enlarged, 



5. The same, with the thin and loose arilliform testa removed. 



6. Magnificd longitudinal section of the seed and its contained emhryo 



7. 



Magnificd transverse section of the same. 



8. Embryo detached, and more magnified. 



PLATE IV. MORTONIA SEMPERVIRENS, p. 85. 



FlG. 1. Diafjram of the flower, with the bract and bractlets. 



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2. A flowcr-bud, enlarged. , 



3. An expanded flower, enlarged. 



4. Vertical section of the same, raore enlarged. 



5. The detached calyx laid open, to show the perigynous disk, petals, and stamens 



6. A stamen more magnified ; inside view. 



7. The same, secn externally. 



8. The style, with the stigmas, magnified. 



9. Fruit, with the persistent calyx, enlarged. 



*' 10. Transverse section of the same. 

 ** 11. Vertical section of the same. 



12. The seed detached entire, magnified. 



13. The embryo detached entire, magnified. 



PLATE V. FENDLERA RUnCOLA, p. 77. 



FiG. 1. Flowering branchlet of the var. a. Lindheimeri. 



2. Branch of the var. /3. Wrightii, with ripe capsules. 



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3. Branch of the var. a., in fruit. 



4. Diagram of the flower. (Thc 



determined 



5. A petal of var. ^. (to which all the following figures belong). 



6. Inside view of a stamen, magnified. 



7. The same seen externally. 



8. Pistil, with thc calyx, enlarged- 



9. The same with the ovary vertically divided. 



10. Capsule, with the persistent calyx, enlarged. 



11. Vertical scction of the same, and of one of the seeds, showing the embryo 



12. A seed, more magnified. 



13. Transverse section of the same. 



14. Longltudinal section of the same. 



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