EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



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PLATE VII. 



Fig. 1. Bunchy panicle of Hirtella glandulosa (Neue Eiit- 

 deck. 1. s. ^03.) Reflex bracteee. Bush of petio- 

 lated glands. 



2. Ovate-oblong, son^ewhat pointed, leaf of the same 



plant, full of veins. 

 S. The flower magnified. The calyx quinque -partite, 

 reflex, internally set with silky hairs. The corolla 

 fallen ofl*. Five long, linear filaments. The pistiL 

 lum ciliated below. The dry berry set with rough 

 hairs. 



4. The flower opened before the evolution. The filar- 



ments convoluted. 



5. Alyssum iiebrodense Lin. (^Neue Entdeck. 1. s. 286.) 



shrubby stem, with rose-shaped aggregated leaves. 



6. Elliptical silicle, croAvned with the pistillum. 



7. Inverted ovate leaf of the same plant, set with radia- 



ted hairs. 



PLATE VIII. 



Fig. 1, 2. CypMa serrata, (Neue Entdeck. 1. s. 274!.) 



3. The flower in particular. 



4. The filaments not attached to one another. 



5. Hydrocotyle plantaginea. (Neue Entdeck. 1. s. 284.) 



6. The fruit. 



7. Section of the same. 



8,. 9. Notched pappus of Ptermiia glahrata Thunb, 



