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PLATE II. 



COBYLOPSIS GEATA. 



1 . Flowering branch, var A. -\ 



2. Ditto, var. A. (Minza Peeza). > Natural size. 



3. Fruit bearing branch, var. B. J 



4. Flower. 



5. Another laid open, pistillum removed. 



6. A petal, cut across. 



7. Flower, petals removed. 



8. Anther, before dehiscence. 



9. Anther, during dehiscence. 



10. Anther, fully opened. 



11. Stamen, and two of the larger glands, sometime after de- 

 hiscence, front view. 



12. The same, viewed laterally. 



13. Pollen, (in water). 



14. Pistillum. 



15. Same, longitudinal section. 



16. Ovulum. 



17. Ditto, longitudinal section. 



PLATE III. 



ACTINOSTEMMA TENERFM. 



Male Plant, portion of, natural size. 



1. Bud. 



2. Ditto, anterior sepal removed. 



4. Male organs, sepals and petals removed. 



5. Stamina ; front, back, and side views. 



6. Pollen in the dry state. 



7. Ditto, moistened. 



8. Female flower. 



9. Pistillum, sepals and petals removed. 



10. Another pistillum, ovarium cut through longitudinally. 



11. Ovulum. 



1 2. Same, longitudinal section. 



13. Long section of a young fruit, shewing two young seeds in situ. 



14. The same, young seeds removed to shew the placentation. 



15. Fruit. 



16. Ditto, opened. 



4 q 2 



