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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 69. (Flowers.) 



A. Part of stem showing articulation of petiole. 



B. Flowering branch, 

 c. Flower. 



D. Flower more expanded, showing — ^^(«) Petals, (&) Stamens, 



Staminodia, {(I) Disc, (e) Ovary, (/) Stigma. 



E. Portion of flowers — («) Stamens, (6) Staminodia, (c) Disc, 



<;>Yary, (/) Stigma, 

 r. Stamens. 



G. Transverse section of ovary. 

 H. Calj-.x. 



(e> 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 70. (Fruits.) 



A. Leaf (with leaflets). 



B. Capsule opening septicidally. 



c. Capsule reversed, the inside of the valves turned inside out in the- 

 process of ripening, to distribute the seeds. It would appear that 

 this process of retroflexion, or turning inside out of the fruits, is 

 unusual in the genus. 



D. Seeds (winged all round). 



