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carpels ; the latter occupy the centre, and are shewn to arise from 

 a short conical central part, wliich is their receptacle. — 4. One of 

 the carpels ; a the ovarium ; h the style ; e the stigma. — 5. The 

 same carpel cut open so as to shew the young seed, or ovule, d. — 

 6. A cluster of ripe carpels, or grains. — 7. One of the grains sepa- 

 rate ; compare this with fig. 4, on the opposite side of the plate. — 

 8. The same grain cut in half, shewing a the young plant or em- 

 bryo, and b albumen or nutritive matter stored up for feeding the 

 young plant when it begins to grow. — 9. Is an embrj'o extracted 

 from the albumen and seen from the back. — 10. The same seen 

 from the side, so as to shew the two minute seed-leaves or cotyle- 

 dons, a. (N.B. The principal part of these figures is more or less 

 magnified.) 



2. The Poppy Tribe. — A. A flower and leaf of the naked-stemmed 

 Popjyi/, the flower of which is turned so as to exhibit the four petals, 

 the stamens, and the ovaiy ; the natural size. — 1. Is a flower-bud, 

 with the two sepals by which it is covered. — 2. An ovary, with its 

 diverging star-hke stigmas. — 3. The same part cut through from 

 top to bottom, with the OAiiles or young seeds exposed. — 4. A 

 stamen, with the filament and anther. — 5. A capsule, or head, when 

 ripe ; the Httle valves by which the seeds fall out are seen at «. — • 

 6. The capsule cut across, so as to shew the plates which project 

 from its shell into the cavity, and the multitude of seeds that grow 

 upon the plates. — 7. A seed. — 8. The same cut through; a the 

 albumen ; b the young plant, or embiyo. 



