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Explanation of Plates 252-255. 

 PLATE 252. 



E. Preissiana Schau. 



Floral disc camose, dark coloured, representpd by 5-12 pulvinate glandular processes which project 

 frprn the Wmgr wall of the calyx towards the ovary ; those that project midway between the raised sutural 

 line of the ovary are. very much larger than those situated opposite the sutural line. 



Capsular disc broad, carnose, depressed in the centre, the outer half plain, except for the pitted 

 impressions of the filaments and anthers ; inner margin thick, crenate, with as many as twelve pulvinate 

 processes protruding over the valves, some of thpni being smaller ones between the valves. 



The above preliminary remarks will make the following details of the figures clear. All the figures 

 natural size. 



\a. Showing the staminal ring, &c. 



(a) Calyx. 



(b) Calyx-rim. 



(c) Staminal ring. 



(d) Discal lining. 



(e) Style. 



16. Plan of flower with nearly all the stamens removed, not lettered in figure. 



(a) Calyx-rim. 



(b) Staminal ring. 



(c) Pulvinate processes of the floral disc. 



(d) Qvary. 



Botanic Garden, Hobart, Tasmania, cultivated (J.H.M.). 



2a. Fruit, not lettered. 



(a) Calyx-rim. 



(b) Staminal ring ( (q) and (6) are almost fused). 



(c) Pulvinate processes of disc. 

 ((?) Top of valves. 



Takalarup Road from Porongorups, near King George's Sound (J.H.M.). 

 2b. Fruit (riper than 2a), not lettered. 



(a) Calyx-rim and staminal ring fused together or nearly so.. 



(b) Outer portion of the Capsular disc, which in the flower or the tubular calyx formed the 



dark discal lining. 



(c) Pulvinate processes of the disc protruding over the valves of the capsule. 



(d) Valves of the capsule. 



(e) Placenta. 



Bremer Bay, east of King George's Sound (J. Wellstead). 

 3. Fruit (top figure), not lettered. 

 (a.) Calyx-rim 



(b) Staminal ring. 

 f 4 c) Capsular disc, 

 (d) Top of valves. 



Fruit (figure at right). 

 (a) Calyx-rim. 

 (6) Staminal ring. 



(c) Outer broad band of capsular disc. 



(d) Pulvinate processes of the disc. 



(e) Valves of the capsule. 



Botanic Garden, Hobart (J.H.M.). 



