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EXPLANATION OF — Re. gan 
PLATE THE ‘ELEVENTH. Le IR 
Sexual Organs. ms 
» Fig. Hy “Myosotis palustris. Bor aginee ar ‘ovary sepa-~ 
rated from the gynophore, and magnified. — 
Fig. 2. Gynophore of the same, also magnified ; and de- 
spoiled of its ovaries. 
a. The gynophore supporting the style without any in- 
termedium. 
b. The places from whence the ovaries have been de- 
* tached. 
Fig. 3. Tournefortia mutabilis.. Boraginee.  Pistill cut 
vertically. hy 
a. The attachment of the ovaries. 
The direction of the conducting vessels. 
. The nourishing vessels. 
ne 4, Scrofularia sambucifolia. Scrofudarinee. Ovary 
and nectaries cut vertically. 
a. Ovary. 
sb. Ovules. 
c. Nectaries, opposite. 
Fig.5. Limnanthes peltata. Gentianee. Pistill sive 
-nearly sessile, in folds; ovary surrounded at bottom with a 
lobular nectary. 
Fig. 6. Acetosa scutata. Polygonee.. Pistill:magnified. 
a. Styles three, diverging, turned back. © 
b. Stigmata three, dilated, fringed. 
Fig. 7. Rumex spinosus. Poly ygonee. Pistill magnified. 
a. Stigmata three featherlike. 
Fig. 8. Cotyledon tuberosa. (dabble Pistills five ; 
styles five; nectary’composed of five glands attached to 
the base of the ovary. 
Fig. 9. Corydalis lutea. Fumaridee, Magnified. 
a. Pistill. 
b. Calyx two-sepaled; sepales oval,» pointed, toothed, 
peltate. ; 
ce. Style articulated upon the ovary. 
d. Stigma halfmoonshape. 
Fig. 10. Sideritis hyssopifolia. Laliate. Pistill mag- 
nified. 
a. Nectary supporting four ovaries. 
b. Style ascending. 
c. Stigma composed. of two channelled flakes, the lower 
serving as'a sheath for the upper. 
