PLATE LXXVII. CUCUMBER TREE. 



1. A flowering branch with mature and develop- 



ing leaves, x J. 



2. Branch with a cone-like fruit, seeds hanging 



by threads, and a mature leaf, x J. 



3. A carpel just starting to open, showing two 



seeds on the inside, natural size. 



4. A seed, enlarged. 



5. A winter twig, x J. 



6. Section of a winter twig showing a bud andi 



a leaf-scar with bundle-scars, enlarged. 



