MR. D. OLIVER ON SYCOPSIS, A NEW GENUS OF HAMAMELIDEiE. 



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EXPLANATION OF WOODCUTS. 



a. lAquidambar Altingia. 1. vertical, 2. transverse sections, showing the lenticular intercellular cavities, 



with their canals. 



b. Trichocladus. 1 & 2. vertical, 3. transverse sections. 



c. Corylopsis Himalayana. Vertical sections, in fig. 2 traversing a medullary plate. 



d. Sycopsis (h-iffithiana. Vertical sections of wood-cells. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE. 



Tab. VIII. 



Sycopsis Griffithiana. — Natural size. 



Fig. 1. Young S flower, nestled in a slightly hollowed recess exterior to the base of a bract of the yet 



unexpanded inflorescence. 

 Fig. 2. <? flower, with subtending bract ; but three stamens developed. 

 Fig. 3. The same, showing obliquity of the calyx. 

 Fig. 4. The same, laid open. 

 Fig. 5. Rudimentary stamen. 

 Fig. 6. Bifid rudiment of pistil from <? flower. 

 Fig. 7. Glomerule of ? flowers. 



Fig. 8. Single ?, with lobes of the calyx, tolerably perfect, still remaining. 

 Fig. 9. Vertical section of ? flower. 



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