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with coniferous dots. It has some points in common with Jug- 

 landese. The nature of the calyx is worthy of enquiry. Is it not 

 an undeveloped portion of the staminal series? If so, those orders 

 which have no calyx at all, can easily be explained. The pla- 

 centae alternate with each stigma in a very obvious manner, they 



are therefore compound, and they correspond to the margines 

 of the leaves, and are distinctly continuous with the stigmatic 



surface. 



1. Ramulus foliifer, taken from a withered branch. 2 male 

 branch, 3 female do, 4 male flower posteriorly, 5 ditto section 

 through middle, disk erroneously concava, 6 view of disc, and 

 filaments attached, 7 back or inner view of anther, 8 outer or 

 front do, 9 lateral do. 12, do. after dehiscence, 10 pollen, 1 1 do. 

 in water 13 young female flower, 14 same of a raceme § de- 

 veloped, 15 after apparent impregnation, or at least application 

 to stigmata, 15a two ovula of a placenta, 16 same age as 14, 

 laid open to shew the stigmatic and placental correspondences, 

 16 an ovule of do, 17 section illustrating vernation.* 



74. Crucifera. — Radix fusiformis, glabra glaucescens, fol. carno- 

 siusculis inferioribus pinnatipartitis, varia dentatis summis 

 spathulatis ; floribus majusculis pulchris, petalis obovato cunea- 

 tis, medio infra albidis, coeterum lilacinis, venis coerulescentibus, 

 odor sub ingratis. Shikapore in agris. 



75. Coriandrum. — 2-3 pedalis, petalis initio canis, demum albi 

 factis, graveolens herba foliis inferioribus numerosis, pinnatis 

 factis, superioribus fere capillacea divisis. 



In agris Shikapore. 



76. Euphorbia. — Prostrata, discoidea saepius liumi fusaque, foliis ro- 

 tundatis, floribus rubro tinctis. 



Ad vias Shikapore. 



77. Malvacea. — Frutex cano albidus, foliis cordatis, dentatis. flori- 

 bus axillaribus, solitariis, alabastris nutantibus, corroUa aurea, 

 calyce vix longior minima apertci carpellis uniseriatis innume' 

 vis, potius indefinitis. 



Shikapore in sepibus, an cult. 



78. Crucifera — Vix Non Sinapis, ubique, culta in agris Shikarporc. 



79. Cheiranthus.— In hortis Shikapore 



* The plate to which this description refers will appear with the Icoucs. Plant, 

 asiat. 



