262 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES, 
PLATE VI. THURBERIA THESPESIOIDES.—Page 40. 
А BRANCH OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower, divided longitudinally; the corrolla removed; enlarged. Fig. 2. Transverse 
section of the ovary; also enlarged. Fig. 3. Fruit of the natural size. Fig. 4. The fruit 
enlarged and longitudinally divided. Fig. 5. Transverse section of the same. Fig. 6. A seed, 
longitudinally divided and enlarged. Fig. 7. The embryo. 
PLATE ҮП. LITHRAA LAURINA.—Page 44. 
A. A FLOWERING BRANCH. B. A BRANCH WITH*FRUIT: BOTH OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower; enlarged. Figs. 2 and 3. These figures are incorrect, as they do not show 
the disk upon which the petals and stamens are inserted. Fig. 4. The pistil; more magnified. 
Fig. 5. The same, longitudinally divided. Fig. 6. The ovule; more magnified. Fig. 7. A 
drupe, with the persistent calyx. Fig. 8. The same, longitudinally divided. 
PLATE VIII. HOLACANTHA EMORYI.—Page 45. 
Fig. 1. A flowering branch of the sterile plant. Fig. 2. A branch of the fertile plant. Fig. 
3. A branch in fruit: all the figures of the natural size. Fig. 4. A flower bud, from the sterile 
plant. Fig. 5. A sterile flower; and Fig. 6. The same, longitudinally divided. Fig. 7. An 
inside view of a magnified stamen. Fig. 8. An outside view of the same. Fig. 9. Compound 
pistil of a fertile flower; magnified. Fig. 10. The same, longitudinally divided and more 
magnified. Fig.11. A drupe, magnified; and Fig. 13. The same, longitudinally divided. Fig. 
12. The carpophore. 
PLATE IX. CEANOTHUS RIGIDUS.—Page 45. 
A, A FLOWERING, AND B, A FRUCTIFEROUS, BRANCH, OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower; magnified. Fig. 2. The pistil; more magnified. Fig. 3. The ovary; still 
more magnified, and longitudinally divided. Fig. 4. Transverse section of the same. Fig. 5. 
The persistent base of the calyx. 
| PLATE X. CEANOTHUS DENTATUS.—Page 46. 
А FLOWERING BRANCH, OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. A flower; magnified. Fig. 2. Petal from a bud. Fig. 3. Stamen, from the same. 
Fig. 4. Petal and stamen from an open flower. Fig. 5. Pistil and disk; the ovary with three 
fleshy protuberances at the summit. Fig. 6. Transverse section of the ovary. Fig.7. Longi 
tudinal section, showing one of the cells laid open, and showing the erect ovule. Fig. 8. A 
separate ovule. АП the figures more or less magnified. 
PLATE XI. CEANOTHUS CRASSIFOLIUS.—Page 46. 
A FLOWERING BRANCH, OF THE NATURAL SIZE. 
Fig. 1. An expanded flower; magnified. Fig. 2. An unexpanded flower; also magnified. 
Fig. * A petal.and stamen from the same. Fig. 4. Transverse section of the ovary; more 
Fig. 5. Portion of the ovary; more highly magnified; showing one of the cells 
with its contained ovule. 
