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same above the level of the disk, as seen from above, surrounded bj 

 ovary is 4-ccllcd, and its ovules always erect and sessile ; all magnified 



drophoru 



showin 



le staminiferous ap[ 

 within, with sterile 



Fig. 9. The same, viewed sideways : all magnified. 

 Fig. 10. Some of the sterile appendages of the hood. 



o 



ignified 



Fig. 12. A seed, seen on its dorsal face^ showing the cancellated bars of the imbedded branching raphe. 

 Fig. 13. The same, viewed on its ventral face, showing the basal hilum, from which ascends the mam 



nerve 



Fig. 14 The same with half of the testa removed, showing its thin brittle textm^e, and the promment 



main branch of the raphe, the enclosed embryo being contracted by drying. 

 Fig. 15. The lower moiety of the testa, seen from above, with a portion of the fiUet of the raphe thrown 



back. 



texture. 



which is solid, of a dark colour, very bitter in taste, and homogeneous in 



Fig. 17. A longitudinal section of the same, showing its structure to be analogous to that of Lecythis, but 



with a much thicker exorhiza, which leaves an open fissure between it and the neorhiza : 



all nat. size. 



* 



Fig. 1, A flower expanded. 

 Tiff. 2 T^o ir^ft.,.;^ 



Section 0. Aualvsis of Eschweilera 



the umboniform style : both nat. size. 

 ■t ig. 3. An enlarged view of tlie same, from above. 

 Fig. 4. A transverse sentir 



showing the 6 sepals, the annular disk which surrounds 



same, showmg it to be 2- celled. 



he same, showing the ceUs to be half-superior, with several ovules m 



Pig- 6. The androphorum. 

 % 7. The 



ignified 



from within, showin 



staminiferous appendages, the intervening bare ligula and the semiglobular head which is 

 densely echinated inside with many imbricated appendages, most frequently sterile ; but some- 

 times, though rarely, they bear fertile stamens. 

 *|ig. 8. Some of the sterile appendages of the hood. 



^g- 9. Some of the fertile appendages of the basal ring : all nat. size. .. . ' ., 



% 10. Two of the same appendages, bearing short filaments and anthers, shown before and alter 



dehiscence: magnified 



shown 



icrobiculate 



Y 



middle 



same, seen edgeways, showing 



furcate 



al hilum, from which the sulcated branches of the 



?• 13. The same, shown on its ventral face, where the main s 



aa 



ulcated branches are spread. 



— v> x^xium, ana irom wIucH otHer suicatea urauuiico ».- ^x-^- ^UcfannP ci^ which 



'■S- 14. A longUudi,,, .eotlc. of the sa„e. showing it, thick coriaceous testa .. " - of wh oh 



nucleus 



ument 



the testa. 



m drymg. 



