Ixxxvi EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE8. 



PLATE X. 



Fig. Veronica Chamsedrys. See Flora, p. 5. 



PLATE XL 



157. A slit vessel, or false spii'al magnified. 



158. The slit vessel, or false spiral magnified. 



159. Portion of a porous vessel magnified. 



160. Porous vessels. 



161. Beaded, (moniliform,) vessels. 



162. Portion of the epidermis, to shew the cortical pores. 



163. Regular cellular tissue. 



164. Spiral vessel, or trachea. 



165. Example of the class Gynandria, (passiflora,) after Lin- 



naeus : since removed to other classes. See Hort. 

 Kewensis, &c. 



166. Example of the order Polygy'nia. 



167. A winged stem, as in the everlasting pea. 



168. Portion of the trunk of a monocotyledonous tree, formed 



of bundles of woody fibres, scattered in the midst of 

 medullary, (pithy,) substance. 



169. Portion of the trunk of a dicotyledonous tree, composed 



of concentric layers : a. the bark. b. the alburnum, or 

 false wood. c. the wood, properly so called, d. the 

 medullary, (pith,) canal. 



170. Thrice-ternate, or triply-three-leaved, (triternate.) 



171. Jagged, (laciniate.) 



172. Thyrsus, (bunch.) 



173. Capsule, a. the valves, Z>. the dissepiments, (partitions.) 



c. the columella, (column.) d. receptacle of the seeds. 



PLATE XII. 



174. A germinating kidney-bean, with its shooting radicle. 



175. a. the radicle, b. the caulicle. c. c. the gemmule. 



176. Section of a kidney -bean, a. the radicle, b. the gem- 



mule, c. one of the cotyledons. 



177. «. the radicle, b.b. the cotyledons. 



178. a. the hilum, (scar.) h. the micropile. 



179. Seed of the castor-oil seed, (ricinus,) cut lengthways, a. 



the caruncula. b. the endosper-m. d. the embryo. 



