XXVI EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



B. — Bromus mollis, Linmsus .• p. 130. 



1. One of the flowers, separate. 



2. The pistil with its feathery styles. 

 C. — Parnassia palustris, Linncsus : p. 349. 



1. One of the fringed glands or nectaries. 



2. The pistil with its sessile stigmas. 

 D, — Ulex nanus, Forster .• p. 349. 



1. A thorny branchlet with its flower. 



2. The standard or dorsal petal. 



3. The keel or lower combined petal. 

 E. — Hedera Helix, Linnceus : p. 350. 



1. A flower separated from the umbel. 



PLATE XXIII. 



A. — Scabiosa suecisa, Linnceus : p. 351. 



1. A flower separated from the head. 



2. The pistil. 



B. — Arbutus Unedo, Linnceus : p. 352. 



1. A stamen, showing its pores and awns. 



2. The pistil. 



3. Some of the ripe berries. 



4. A transverse section of a beny. 



C, — Gentiana Pneumonanthe, Linnceus : p. 353. 



1. A portion of the corolla, showing the attachment of the 



stamens to its inner surface. 



2. The pistil. 



D. — Mentha Pulegium, Linnceus : p. 354. 



1. A flower separated from the verticillaster or whorl-like 



collection of flowers. 



2. The pistil. 



E. — Chenopodium polyspermum, Linnceus : p. 354. 



1. A flower, separate. 



2. The fruit enclosed by the persistent perigone. 



