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genera, I have hitherto been able to examine, in all of which they are 

 arranged in single rows. They arise from the inflection of the inner 

 membrane into the albumen, with which it firmly adheres. The testa, 

 which in all the above is very thin and areolate, is inflected into the 

 cavities only in the dry state, and then gives to their fundi a cellular 

 appearance. Immersion in water causes the inflected portions to 

 regain, or even to project beyond, the level of the more elevated por- 

 tions of the surface of the seed. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES. 



1. Flower — back view. 



2. Do. front view. 



3. Corolla, viewed laterally. 



4. Do. laid open. 



5. Anther — front view. 



6. Do. back view. 



7. Pollen— in the dry state. 



8. Do. immersed in water. 



9. Pistillum— posticous sepal partly removed, anticous one cut away, 



except at its base which is deflexed. 



10. Ovarium — transverse section. 



11. Ovulum. 



12. Stigma. 



13. Capsule. 



14. The same after dehiscence. 



15. Seed — viewed on its raptal face. 



16. Do. longitudinal section. 



1 7. Do. transverse section. 



18. Embryo. 



XV. — A brief notice of some of the Persian Poets.— By Lieut. T. 

 J. Newbold, of the 23d Regiment Light Infantry, Aid-de-Camp 

 to Brigadier General Wilson, c. b. 



{Continued from Yol. III. P. 47.) 

 Fiazi Faizi. 



Mention is made of this poet in the Zumret-al-Ulema, as being en- 

 dowed with " many excellent qualities." He was a courtier of the 

 emperor Akber, who honoured him with especial notice, and a brother 

 of the celebrated Abdl Fazel. It is said that his productions amount 

 to one hundred and one in number — among them is the Siwdti-al-Ilm. 

 He died of asthma A. H. 1004. 



Note.— It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader that most of the specimens of 

 poetry appearing in this notice, are those adduced by the Persian biographers. 



