EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
PLATE THE EIGHTH. 
Inflorescence . 
Fig. 1. Lolium perenne. Graminecc . Spike spikelettecL 
Fig . 2. Smilax herbacea. Smilacece. 
a. Tendrills stipulean. 
b. Umbell simple or bouquet, axillary, pedunculated. 
c. Leaf nearly heartshape, oval, seven-ribbed. 
Fig. 3. Xylophylla montana. Euphorbiacece. Flowers on 
the edge of the leaf; leaf lanceolate, toothed. 
Fig. 4. Monarda didyma. Labiatce . Whirl true, many- 
flowered, leafed, bracteated. 
Fig. 5. Cyclamen vernum. Primulacece. 
a. Root tuberous, depressed. 
I, Leaves and flowers radical. 
c. Scape one-flowered, spiral before the flowering. 
d. Flower drooping. 
Fig. 6. Cerasus racemosa. Drupacece. Raceme hanging 
Fig. 7. Holcus Halepensis. Graminece. Panicle loose. 
Fig. 8. Polypodium aureum. Filices. 
a. Root progressive. 
b. Leaves pinnatifid, bearing the fructification upon the 
lower face. 
Fig. 9. Pilularia globulifera. Marsileacece. 
a. Stem creeping. 
b. Leaves threadlike, awlshape. 
c . Involucrums globular, closed, axillary. 
