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Fig. 4. The calyx, disk, stamens, and style. 
Fig. 5. The ovary removed. 
Fig. 6. A longitudinal section of the same: all equally magnified. 
Fig. 7. The stamens before and after dehiscence, Aighly magnified. 
Fig. 8. A fruit, nat. size. 
Fig. 9. A transverse section of the same, showing the thick fleshy mesocarp, the two abortive cells, and 
the remaining cell containing a single suspended seed. 
Fig. 10. The seed : a// nat. size. 
Fig. 11. The embryo, magnified. 
Fig. 12. A portion of the testa, showing the spiral fibres drawn out when it is broken across, highly 
magnified. 
PLATE XXVIII. 
A branchlet of Sicyomorpha pruinosa in flower and in fruit. 
Fig. 1. A panicle, nat. size. 
Fig. 2. The same, magnified. 
Fig. 3. A flower before and after expansion, nat. size. 
Fig. 4. The same, magnified. 
Fig. 5. The five sepals. 
Fig. 6. The five petals. 
Fig. 7. The calyx, disk, stamens, and style: all equally magnified. 
Fig. 8. The ovary within the disk, half of the latter being removed. 
Fig. 9. A longitudinal section of the ovary. 
Fig. 10. A transverse section of the same. 
Fig. 11. The stamens before and after dehiscence: all more magnified. 
Fig. 12. The stigma, highly magnified. 
PLATE XXIX. 
A branch of Tyloderma precelsa. 
Fig. 1. A fruit, nat. size., 
Fig. 2. The same, with half of the pericarp — showing two enclosed seeds attached at the base. 
Fig. 3. A seed. 
Fig. 4. A longitudinal section of the same, showing the thick coriaceous testa, with the raphe in a dis- 
tinct lateral channel, ascending from the basal hilum. 
Fig. 5. A transverse section of the same. 
Fig. 6. The inner intezument of the seed, covering the embryo, showing the superior chalaza. 
Fig. 7. A longitudinal section of the embryo. 
Fig. 8. A transverse section of the same, showing the conferruminated cotyledons: all nat. size. 
PLATE XXX. 
A branch of Kippistia organensis, in flower and in fruit. 
Fig. 1. The bracts at the base of the flower, magnified. 
Fig. 2. A flower expanded, nat, size. 
Fig. 3. The same, magnified. 
