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EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS 



USED IN THE PLATES. 



B, Bud. pr. . . .Prophyllum. 



Br Branch. R Primary ruot, 



C Hypocotyl. r Secondary root. 



Cot, . . .Cotyledon. S Shoot. 



E ..Eplcotyl. Sd. . . .Seed. 



F Flowering Stems. Sh. . . .Sheath." 



Fr Fruit. SI Slit. 



L Final Leaf. St Stem. 



1\ . . . . .Scale-like Leaf. T Tube. 



Pi Plumule. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



(Figures all drawn from nature by the Author.) 



PLATE V. 



Anemone thalictroides, 



r 



Fig. I. A germinating planflet, nat. size. 



2. A cotyledon, 5 X "^t. size. 



3. A young plant, shortly after the cotyledons have dropped, nat. 



size. 



4. A plant, one year old, nat. size. 



5. The rhizome of the full-grown plant, nat. size. 



Tkalictrum dioiciim. 



h 



Fig. 6. A germinating plantlet, nat. size. 



7. A germinating plantlet, showing the distinct hypocotyl, nat. size. 



8. The rhizome and the lower part of the f tem of an older specimen. 



nat. size. 



9. The rhizome of a full-grown plant, nat. size. 



Ramtnadus abortivtis. 



Fig. 10. A germinating plantlet, 3 X "^^' size. 

 II. The same, a little older, 3 X '^'^*- size. 



PLATE VI. 



Raiiiincnlus abortivns (continued). 



Fig. 12. A germinating plantlet, a little older than Figs. 10 and tr, 3 X "^t. 



size. 



13. An older stage of the same, 3 X "^^" size. 



14. A young plant, from which the cotyledons have dropped, and of 



which the hypocotyl and the primary root have commenced to 

 fade away, 2 X "^*- ^\z^' 



