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EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLIIL 



I. The Greek Valerian Tribe. — 1. A cluster of the flowers of 

 the Many -coloured Slender-tube (Leptosiphon androsaceus), — 2. 

 The tube of a corolla cut open, to shew the origin of the stamens. — 



3. The calyx, style, and stigmas ; a the membranous web that connects 

 the lobes. — 4. A longitudinal section of an ovary. — 5. A transverse 

 section of the same.— 6. A ripe capsule, much magnified. — 7. A seed. 

 — 8. The same cut through longitudinally, to show the embryo. 



IL The TRUiM pet- flower Tribe. — 1. A cluster of flowers of the 

 rooting Trumpet-flower (Bignonia radicans). — 2. A portion of the 

 tube of the corolla, cut open to shew the origin of the stamens ; a the 

 fifth rudimentary stamen.- — 3. The pistil ; a its disk, b the ovary. — 



4. A transverse section of the ovary. — 5. A ripe seed of Bignonia 

 indica. — 6. Its embryo ; a the two-lobed cotyledons, b the radicle. 



