EXPLANATION OF PLATE 3 



Cola gigas Bak. til. 



L Leaf x ^. 



2. Flower and young flower-buds springing from stem, 



natural size. (From a drawing by Mrs. Talbot.) 



3. Base of male flower laid open, shewing synandrium. 



4. Base of female flower laid open, shewing carpels, 



X 2. 



Cola scJiizandra Bak. fd. 



5. Flower x 2. 



