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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
the anther, which is one-celled, after bursting ; the same, before the dehi- 
scence of the anther. 
Fig. 18. Anther of Lamium album ; its lobes, as in fig. 16., separated at their 
base by the large connectivum. 
Fig. 19. Stamen of a species of Zygophyllum ; a, the anther; 6, the filament ; 
c, the scale to which the filament adheres. 
Fig' 20. The one-celled anther and filament of Callitriche. 
Fig. 21. The stamen of Sparganium ramosum. 
Fig. 22. The stamen of Vaccinium ama;num ; a, the pores by which the anther 
bursts. 
Fig. 23. The anther of Begonia Evansiana ; a, the oblique immersed cells ; 
by the connectivum. 
Fig. 24. Anther of Cucumis sativa ; a, seen from the front ; J, from behind ; 
c, the connectivum ; d, the sinuous lobes of the anther. 
Fig. 25. Stamen of Hermannia flammea ; a, filament ; b, scale to which the 
latter has grown. 
Fig' 26. Halved stamen of Synaphea dilatata, after Ferdinand Bauer ; a, fila- 
ment ; by connectivum ; c, single lobe of the anther after bursting. 
Fig. 27. Stamen of Eupomatia laurina, after the same. 
Fig. 28. Stamen of Cephalotus follicularis, after the same ; a, a granular con- 
nectivum. 
Fig. 29. Stamen of Pterospora Andromedea ; a, an appendage of the anther. 
Fig. 30. Stamen of Securincga nitida ; the cells opening transversely. 
Fig. 31. Stamen of Chloranthus monostachys ; a, connectivum. 
Fig. 32. Stamen of Eriodendron Samaiima, after Von Marti us ; anther sinuous 
and one -celled. 
PLATE IV. 
Figs. 1, 2, 3. Different views of the stamens and stigma of Stylidium violaceum, 
after Ferdinand Bauer ; u «, anthers ; b, a column formed by the union of their 
filaments ; c, a cup-like disk, consisting of the flattened and united apices of 
the filaments; d, the stigma, the style of which is united with the column of 
filaments through its whole length. Fig. 1. The anthers when burst, seen in 
front ; fig. 3. the same, from behind fig. 2. the anthers pushed aside so as to 
show the stigma. 
Fig. 4. Stamen of Rhynchanthera cordata, after Von Martins ; a, a minute mem- 
brane that separates the filament d from the elongated connectivum c ; b, the 
attenuated beak-like apex of the anther, opening by a single pore at the point. 
Fig. 5. Stamen of Lasiandra Maximiliana, after Von Martius ; a, dilated bases 
of the two cells of the anther ; b, pore at the apex, through which the pollen 
is discharged. 
Fig' 6. Stamen of Glossarrhen floribundus, after Von Martius ; a, a dilated 
petaloid connectivum, to the face of which the lobes of the anther adhere ; 
b, the filament. 
Fig. 7. Stamen of Lacistema pubescens, after Von Martius ; a, filament ; 
6, forked connectivum ; c c, separated lobes of the anther. 
Fig. 8. Stamen of Gomphrena leucoccphala, after Von Martius ; a, broad dilated 
two-toothed filament, bearing a linear one-celled anther. 
