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EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXXIV. AND XXXV. 



Plate XXXIV. — I. An entire -plant o{ Ve?ivs' Fly-t raj) (Dion^^a. 

 muscipula) in flower, and bearing leaves in different states ; a represents 

 a leaf before it is expanded ; b is another fully open ; e is a third which 

 has closed upon an insect ; d is a. dilated leaf-stalk, on which the blade 

 of the leaf is not formed. — 2. A section of a flower, with the petals 

 removed ; exhibiting the origin of the stamens, the position of the 

 ovules, and the form of the stigma. — 3. An anther, and the upper end 

 of the filament. — 4. An ovary. — 5. A stigma, closed after fertilization 

 has taken place. — 6. A bird's-eye view of the bottom of the inside of 

 the ovary, with the two placentas. — 7. A ripe seed-vessel, invested by 

 the withered calyx and corolla; of the natural size. — 8. A ripe seed- 

 vessel magnified, with the calyx and corolla stripped off. — 9, A seed 

 seen from the side ; a the raphe, b the chalaza. — 10. A seed seen from 

 the edge; a the raphe, b the chalaza. — 1 1. A cross section of a seed ; 

 a the spongy substance (secundine ?) lying between the testa and 

 the nucleus, i the nucleus, c the raphe. — 12. A kernel taken out of 

 the testa ; a a portion of the raphe, 6 the albumen, c the embryo. — 

 13. An embryo. 



Plate XXXV. — 1. A highly magnified view of a shoe of the leaf 

 of Dionaja, taken in the direction of the veins; A the upper surface, 

 B the under ; a the outer integument ; b and e the cuticle ; c c the 

 parenchyma ; d d d the glands ; / one of the tufts of hairs arising from 

 an abortive stomate ; g g the woody tubes that surround the spiral ves- 

 sels ; h a bundle of spiral vessels. — 2. A bird's-eye view of the skin 

 of the upper surface ; a the outer integument, through which the cuticle 

 is seen ; b a gland ; c c abortive stomates. — 3. A bird's-eye view of 

 the skin of the lower surface ; a a perfect stomates ; b b abortive sto- 

 mates: c a tuft of hairs arisingr from an abortive stomate. — 4. Bird's- 

 eye view of a uland very highly magnified. — 5. A side view of the 

 .same.— 6. 7. Views of one of the tufts of hairs that grow upon the 

 under surface. 



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