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Be: EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
PLATE THE SIXTH. 
Leaves. 
Fig. 1. Epimedium alpinum. Berleridee. Leaf thrice 
compounded, triternate; leaflets heartshape, fringed. 
Fig.2. Melastoma Lima. Melastomee. Leaf elliptical, 
pointed, toothed, bullate, rough, quintuple ribbed. 
Fig. 8. Melastoma multiflora. Melastomee. Leaf lan- 
ceolate, toothed, triple ribbed. 
Fig. 4. Erythroxylum cocca. Malpighiacee. Leaf lan- 
ceolate, not in the least cut, three-ribbed with veins conti- 
nued over the ribs. 2 
Fig. 5. Orobanche major. Orobanchee. Leaf scalelike. 
Fig. 6. Asperula odorata. Rubiaceae. Leaves in whirls 
by nines, lanceolate. 
Fig. 7. Glaucium luteum. Papaveracee. Leaves heart- 
shape, angular, embracing. 
Fig. 8. Silphium perfoliatum. Composite. Leaves tra- 
pezoid, toothed, opposite, conjoined. 
Fig. 9. Hydrocotyle vulgare. Umbellifere. Leaf orbi- 
cular, deeply crenulated, peltate. 
Fig. 10. Bupleurum rotundifolium. Umbellifere. Leaf 
oval, pointed, perfoliated. : 
Fig. 11. Coreopsis alata. Composite. Leaves opposite, 
nearly lanceolate, decurrent. 
Fig. 12. Persicaria maculosa. Polygonee. Leaf oval, 
lanceolate. 
-a. Stipule sheathing. 
Fig. 18. Passiflora glauca. Passifloree. Leaf three- 
lobed, nearly peltate; petiole glandular; stipules cauline, 
half-moonlike; tendrils axillary. 
Fig. 14, Clematis orientalis. Ranunculacee. Leaves 
three-lobed; petioles tendril-like. 
Fig. 15. Genista sagittalis. Leguwminose. Branches 
two-winged, or three-winged ; leaves oval, sharp. 
Fig. 16. Ribes spinosum. Grossularie. Leaf five- 
Jobed; spine inferaxillary, three-parted. 
Fig.17. Paliurus aculeatus. Rhamnee. Prickle stipulean, 
reflected. 
Fig, 18. Vitis Virginiana. Vinifere. Leaf heart-shape, 
three-lobed; tendril opposite. 
