268 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES, 
5. А seed; magnified. Fig. 6. The fruit and fructiferous calyx; one of the nutlets removed; 
magnified. Fig. 7. Inside view of a nutlet; equally magnified. Fig. 8. Transverse section of 
а nutlet; back view. Fig. 9. Longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 10. The embryo; equally 
magnified. 
PLATE XLII. ЕКҮТНЕЖА CHIRONIOIDES.—Page 156. 
AN ENTIRE PLANT OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. l. A flower; enlarged. Fig. 2. One of the divisions of the calyx; magnified. Fig. 3. 
Calyx and fruit; magnified. Fig. 4. À seed; more highly magnified. 
PLATE XLIII. ECHITES MACROSIPHON.—Page 158. 
A PLANT OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower, with the narrow portion of the tube and the calyx cut away, and the upper 
part laid open; enlarged. Fig. 2. A stamen; magnified. Fig. 3. The stigma, with an anther 
adhering to it; equally magnified. Fig. 4. Longitudinal section of the ovaries; also magnified. 
Fig. 5. A placenta, with the ovules attached. Fig. 6. A seed with its tuft of hairs at the 
summit; magnified. 
PLATE XLIV. ACERATES TOMENTOSA*.—Page 160. 
UPPER PORTION OF THE PLANT OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower; enlarged. Fig. 2. One of the pollen masses suspended from a gland of 
ihe stigma; considerably magnified. Fig. 3. A pod of the natural size. 
PLATE XLV. А. ASCLEPIAS NUMMULARIA.—Page 163. 
A PLANT OP THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower; enlarged. Fig. 2. One of the hoods; magnified. Fig. 3. The same, laid 
open and showing the horn. Fig. 4. An anther, inside view; considerably magnified. Fig. 5- 
A pair of pollen masses attached to a gland of the stigma; more highly magnified. Fig. 6. A 
pod of the natural size. 
PLATE XLV. B. ASCLEPIAS MACROTIS.—Page 164. 
A PLANT OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower; enlarged. Fig. 2. One of the hoods; magnified. Fig. 3. The same laid 
open. Fig. 4. An anther, seen from the inside; considerably magnified. Fig. 5. A pair of 
pollen masses; more highly magnified. 
PLATE XLVI. ACLEISANTHES LONGIFLORA.—Page 170. 
A PART OF THE PLANT OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. Upper part of the perianth laid open. Fig. 2. Lower portion of the same. Fig. 9. 
А stamen; magnified. Fig. 4. The ovary laid open; magnified. Fig. 5. The fruit; enlarged. - 
“Incorrectly named Asclepias in the plate. 
