PLATE LXXVII. CUCUMBER TREE. 



1, A flowering branch with mature and develop- 



ing leaves, x h. 



2, Branch with a cone-like fruit, seeds banging 



by threads, and a mature leaf, x i. 



3, A carpel just starting to open, showing two 



seeds on the inside, natural size. 



4. A see<3, enlarged. 



5. A winter twig, x J. 



6. Section of a winter twig showing a bud and 



a leaf-scar with bundle-scars, enlarged. 



