PLATE LXXVII. CUCUMBER TREE. 



A flowering branch with mature and develop- 

 ing leaves, x i. 



Branch with a cone-like fruit, seeds hanging 

 by threads, and a mature leaf, x i. 



A carpel just starting to open, showing two 

 seeds on the inside, natural size. 



4. A seed, enlarged. 



5. A winter twig, x h ^ , . ^ 



6. Section of a winter twig showing a bud and 



a leaf-scar with bundle-scars, enlarged. 



