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306 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEJ?- 



Fig. 15. A transverse section of tlie same, showing the same parts. 



Fig. IG. The lax inner integument and the smaller nucleus, shown, in longitudinal section. 



Fig. 17. The same in transverse section. 



Fig. 18. The pale integument cut open, showing where it is coated within by a grey pulverulence 



side is charged with clots of black powdery matter. 

 Fig. 19. The dark bitter nucleus, seen on its dorsal face. 

 Fig. 20. Tlie same, shown edgeways. 



Fig. 21. 



showin 



structure 



Fig. 22. A transverse section of the same : all nat. size. 



Plate XXXV. 



Section A. Analysis of Jugastrum. 



Fig. 1. A flower before expansion. 



Fig. 2. The same after expansion. 



Fig. 3. The G scpal^j the annular disk, and elevated vertex of the ovary, terminated by a very short style. 



Fig. t. A Imigitndlnal flection of tlie ovary, which is 2-celled, the vertex dome-shaped, the cells half-supe- 

 rior, with several ovuIch erect in the hasc of each cell. 



Fig. 5. A transrrpse section of the same, showing it to be 2-cellcd, with several ovules erect in each cell. 



Fig. 6. Tlie nnf1ro[)horumj with a convex hood. 



Fig, 7. Tlic same itraightcnccl and viewed from the inside, showing the many staminiferous appendages 



on. its ba^al ring, its bare ligula, and its hood cchinated with very numerous staminiferous 

 appendages. 



Fig. 8. Tlic nppmdagcs of the hood. 



Fijr. 9. Those of the basal rinfft all nat. size. 



Fig. 10. The staminiferous appendages of the hood. 



Fig 



anthers before and after dehiscence : both magnified 



Fig. 13. A longitudinal sertion of the same, showing its thin coriaceous testa, smooth outside, granulated 



within. 



Pig 



embrro, with a granulated 



th(* uuildlu of the ventral angle. 

 Fig. IC, A longitudinal section of the same, showing it to b 



colour, with an external cxorhiza, verj' thin near tli 



neorhiza ; att nat. .vzc. 

 Ftsr. 17. The ^nmp, magnified. 



Fig. 18. Tlic macropodous embryo in jrcrmination : nat. size, 

 Fig. 10. The compressed seed of J. platgspcnnum, seen on th 

 Fig. 20. The same, seen edgeways. 

 Fig. 21- A transAcr>o section of the testa. 

 Fig. 22. A lungitttdinal section of the nucleus : all fiat. ^ze. 



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Section B. Analysis of CourataH, 



Tx 



The inferior ovaiy, 6 free sepals, the annular epigynous disk, the elevated pulvinated and crenated 

 •vertex, hollow in the middle, where there is, a broad conical short style, surmounted by a hollow 

 globular stigma. 



