EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. 



a. a. male flowers. 



b. b. female flowers. 



c. back view of the calyx of the female flowers, 



d. the stamens. 



e. the drupaceous fruit. 



f. the same cut transversely to shew the kernel. 



g. the kernel. 



h. a branch cut, from which the Ule .distils. 



