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Nos. 3, 4. The bud is swelling and is at the extreme limit of its pendulum swing. 

 The stamens in the open flower of 4 have just burst. 



Nos. 10, 11, 12, show the sepals of the bud separating. 



Nos. 13, 14, 15. The style has grown out and the stamens are just beginning 

 to appear. 



No. 16, The older flower has lost a petal. 

 No. 17. A second petal has fallen. 



Nos, 19, 20. The sepals and petals have fallen, and nothing is left but the young 

 fruit. 



No. 20 is No. 350 of the series. 



Compare Nos. 1 and 20. The bud is now almost exactly in the condition of the 

 open flower in No. 1. 



List of Slides shoivn. 



1. Opening and closing of the flower-buds in Sparmannia africana. 



2. Movements of the stamens in Sparmcmnia africana. 



3. Opening and closing of the leaves in Mimosa sensitiva, one of the sensitive 

 plants. 



4. Mauranclya climbing by means of its leaf-stalks. 



5. Opening of Fuchsia flower-buds and development of the fruit (illustrated in 

 this Paper). 



6. Opening of a Sycamore leaf-bud, showing the growth of the scale leaves. 



7. Opening of the flower-buds of Clivia. 



8. Fertilisation of the Scabious by means of humble-bees. 



