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PLATE 186. Details of the flower and fruit. 



1. Diagram of the flower of K. secundiflora, DC. (K. Ixina, Benih.), 



with the bract and bractlets. 



2. Calyx of the same, outspread and enlarged, seen from underneath. 



3. Diagram of the flower of K. lanceolata, with the bract or floral leaf an- 



terior, the two bractlets lateral ; the shaded circle above indicates 

 the position of the axis of inflorescence. The section of the ovary 

 shows the collateral ovules. 



4. Calyx outspread and enlarged, seen from underneath. 



5. The three upper petals, their claws combined, magnified. 



6. One of the lower fleshy or glandular petals, magnified. 



7. The four monadelphous stamens, magnified. 



8. An anther more magnified, cut across to show the partition. 



9. The pistil, with the receptacle, magnified. 



10. Magnified vertical section of the flower through the pistil, showing the 



union of the filaments with the combined claws of the petals, one 

 of the ovules, &c. 



11. An ovule more magnified. 



12. A fruit, of the natural size. 



13. Vertical section of the same, and of the seed and embryo, contrary to 



the width of the cotyledons, enlarged. 



14. The seed, detached and magnified, showing the raphe and chalaza. 



15. Vertical section of the same parallel with the cotyledons, so as to cut 



away one of the latter. 



