HAND-BOOK to the FLORA of CEYLON. 



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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



{The sign x indicates that the figure is more or less enlarged.) 



NEW YORK 

 ~ BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



PLATE LXXVI. 

 Podostemon (Mav^elia) metzgerioides, Trim. i, a plant in flower. 2, stem and rootlets, x 3, branch with leaves and 

 flowers, x 4, bracts, spathes, and flowers, x 5, bract, x 6, flowers, x (Vol. iii. p. 419.) 



PLATE LXXVII. 

 Piper Thwaitesii, Cas. DC. 1, flowering branch. 2, portion of flowering spike, x 3, vertical section of ditto, x 



4, stamens, x 5, fruiting branch. 6, ovaries, x 7, fruit. 8, seed, x 9, portion of stem. 10, leaf. (Vol. iii. 

 p. 426.) 



PLATE LXXVIII. 

 Hortonia angustifolia, Thw. i, flowering branch. 2, dorsal, and 3, front view of flower, x 4, vertical section of flower, x 



5, stamen and inner petals, x 6, anther, x 7, vertical section of carpel, x (Vol. iii. p. 437.) 



PLATE LXXIX. 



Helicia zeylanica, Gardn. 1, flowering branch. 2, flower, x 3, petal and stamen, x 4, back and front views of stamen, x 

 5, top of pedicel disk and base of ovary, x 6, ovary, x 7, transverse section of ovary, x 8, ripe fruit, (Vol. iii. 

 P- 457-) 



PLATE LXXX. 



Notothixos floccosus, Oliv. i, flowering branch. 2, leaf and flower. 3, seed. (Vol. iii. p. 473.) 



PLATE LXXXI. 



Balanophora Thwaitesii, Eichl. 1, male plant. 2, upper bracts and heads of flowers of young male plant, with section 

 of portion of ditto. 3, male flower, x 4, fem. plant. 5, superficial portion of fern, plant with spadicels and fern, 

 flowers, x (Vol. iii. p. 477.) 



PLATE LXXXIL 

 Hemicyclia Gardneri, Thw. 1, flowering branch of male plant. 2, bud of same, x 3, open flowers, x 4, whorl of 

 stamens, x 5, portion of branch with fem. flowers. 6, pedicel, disk, and ovary, x 7, 8, 9, three sections of 

 ovary, vertical transverse, vertical median, and transverse, x 10, fruits. n, dorsal, and 12, ventral views of 

 putamen. x 13, transverse section of ditto, x 14, transverse section of embryo. (Vol. iv. p. 37.) 



PLATE LXXXIII. 

 Trigonostemon diplopetalus, 2hw. 1, flowering branch. 2, back view of male flower, x 3, corolla, x 4, petal, x 5, 

 fem. flower, x 6, (?). 7, pedicel and ovary, x 8, vertical, and 9, transverse sections of ditto, x 10, immature 

 fruit. (Vol. iv. p. 51.) 



PLATE LXXXIV. 

 Dimorphocalyx glabellus, TAw. i, flowering branch of fem. plant. 2, male flower, x 3, the same, with part of calyx 

 and petals removed. 4, fem. flower, x 5, the same, with portion of calyx removed, x 6, vertical section of ovary 

 and disk, x 7, transverse section of ovary, x 8, fruits. 9, vertical section of ripe carpel and seed, x 10, 

 embryo, x (Vol. iv. p. 54.) 



PLATE LXXXV. 



Adenochi^ena Zeylanica. i, branch with male flowers. 2, male flower, x 3, transverse section of male flower-bud. x 

 4, stamens, x 5, branch with female flowers. 6, male and female flowers and buds, x 7, transverse section of 

 ovary, x 8, ripe fruit, x (Vol. iv. p. 60.) 



PLATE LXXXVI. 



Celtis cinnamomea, Lindl. 1, flowering branch. 2, male flower, x 3 and 4, stamens, x 5, bisexual flower, x 6, vertical 

 section of ovary, x 7 immature fruit. (Vol. iv. p. 81.) 



