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Remarkable Plants in H. C. B. Garden. 



The genus appears to me to agree sufficiently well in cha- 

 racter with Ilicineag, to which family, I believe, Dr. Wallich 

 referred it. It would appear, judging from the description, 

 to present considerable affinities with Byronia.* 



It has many points in common with Celastrineae, with which 

 it agrees entirely in habit. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV. 



Siphonodon celastrineus. 



L A Branchlet, somewhat reduced. 



2. Flower. 



3. Two stamina, viewed interiorly shewing the inter- 



vening tooth. 



4. Stamen, inner face. 



5. Pollen. 



6. Pistillum, (vertical view.) 



7. Ditto, double long section. 



8. Ovulum, 



9. Fruit, (as it occurs in the Botanic Gardens). 



10. Ditto, longitudinal section. 



11. Very young alabastrum laid open, presenting petals, 



stamina, and central cone. 



12. Very young pistillum, lateral view. 



1 3. Another pistillum about the same period : with the 



stamina spread back, the round dots are intended 

 to represent the ovula which appear to be attached 

 all round the cone. 



14. Very young bud, double longitudinal section. 



* Endl. Gen. Plant. 1093, No. 5708. 



