EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
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PLATE THE ELEVENTH. 
Sexual Organs, 
Fig, 1 . Myosotis palustris. Boraginece. An ovary sepa- 
rated from the gynophore, and magnified. 
Fig. 2. Gynophore of the same, also magnified ; and de- 
spoiled of its ovaries. 
a. The gynophore supporting the style without any in- 
termedium. 
b. The places from whence the ovaries have been de- 
tached. 
Fig . 3. Tournefortia mutabilis. Boraginece. Pistil! cut 
vertically. 
a. The attachment of the ovaries. 
b. The direction of the conducting vessels. 
c. The nourishing vessels. 
Fig. 4. Scrofularia sambucifolia. Scrofularinece. Ovary 
and nectaries cut vertically. 
a. Ovary. 
1. Ovules. 
c. Nectaries, opposite. 
Fig. 5. Limnanthes peltata. Gentianece . Pistill : style 
nearly sessile, in folds ; ovary surrounded at bottom with a 
lobular nectary. 
Fig. 6. Acetosa scutata. Polygonece. Pistill magnified. 
a. Styles three, diverging, turned back. 
b. Stigmata three, dilated, fringed. 
Fig. 7. Rumex spinosus. Polygonece. Pistill magnified. 
a. Stigmata three featherlike. 
Fig. 8. Cotyledon tuberosa. Crassulacece. Pistil Is five; 
styles five; nectary composed of five glands attached to 
the base of the ovary. 
Fig. 9. Corydalis lutea. Fumaridece. Magnified. 
a. Pistill. 
b. Calyx two-sepaled ; sepales oval, pointed, toothed, 
peltate. 
c. Style articulated upon the ovary. 
d. Stigma halfmoonshape. 
Fig. 10. Sideritis hyssopifolia. Labiatce. Pistill mag- 
nified. 
a. Nectary supporting four ovaries. 
b. Style ascending. 
c. Stigma composed of two channelled flakes, the lower 
serving as a sheath for the upper. 
