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EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. 



I. The Protea Tribe. — 1. A flower of Sir Joseph Banks's Gre- 

 villea, seen in front, of the natural size. — 1*. Tlie same magnified 

 and viewed from the side ; a the socket of the calyx, b the stigma. — 

 1 **. The upper end of the style and the stigma viewed in half profile. 



2. The upper end of a sepal, with the anther a nesthng in it. — 



3. An anther. — 4. An ovary, with the scale, a, its base. — 5. A 

 ripe fruit, natural size. — 6. The same burst open. — 7. The seeds taken 

 out, with a moveable partition that separates them just brought into 

 view. — 7*. The same magnifiied. — 8. An embryo. — 9. The same with 

 the cotyledons divided a Uttle. (AU these are after a figure by Mr. 

 Ferdinand Bauer.) 



II. The Amaranth Tribe. — 1. A bit of the inflorescence of 

 Love-lies-bleeding, of the natural size. — 2. A calyx containing stamens; 

 a bracts. — 3. A calyx containing a pistil ; a bracts. — 4. ripe fniit; 

 a the horizontal line where it opens. — 5. A seed. — 6. The same cut 

 perpendicularly ; a the radicle, and b the cotyledons of the embryo. 



