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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Fig. 10 . Mandragora acaulis. Solanece. Berry cut trans- 
versely, globular ; seeds immersed, towards the periphery, 
all around. 
Fig. 11 . The same, with the pannexterne taken off: 
seeds many, kidneyshape; calyx four cut. 
Fig. 12. Asclepias nigra. Apocineae. Follicle opened, 
one-celled, many-seeded, dehiscent; placentarium sutural, 
becoming free by the dehiscence; umbilical cord pappus- 
like, or seeds comose. 
Fig. 13. Veratrum album. Colchicacece. Etaerion three- 
camared, camares oblong, slightly compressed, connected 
at bottom, separate at top, and ending in a short style; 
perigonium six-lobed. 
Fig. 14. Camares of the same dehiscent, and emptied of 
their seeds. 
Fig. 15. Transverse section of the etaerion, towards the 
bottom. 
Fig. 16. Rhododendron maximum. Rhododendra. Cap- 
sule cut transversely, five-celled ; placentarium central, ra- 
diating, lobed. 
Fig. 17. Caltha palustris. Ranunculacece. Etaerion eight- 
camared, camares compressed, spreading horizontally at 
top. 
Fig. 18. A camare of the same opened ; placentarium on 
the edges of the suture. 
Fig. 19. The capsule of the rhododendron maximum, 
in dehiscence; cells five, septicidal ; style persistent on the 
central placentarium. 
Fig. 20. Seed of the same cut lengthways, and magni- 
fied; outer coat produced in a kind of beak; kernel ovate 
oblong, shorter than the seed; embryo straight; cotyle- 
dons very short. 
Fig. 21. Butomus floridus. Butomacece. Dieresile mag- 
nified, six-coqued, ovate-beaked, connected together about 
half their height, membranaceous, opening inwards. 
Fig. 22. One of the coques cut transversely; seeds pa- 
rietal, very numerous, small, spread all over the internal 
surface of the coque. 
Fig. 23. Napsea dioica. Malvaceae. Calyx magnified, 
five-cut ; central axis of the dieresile winged, pyramidal, 
furrowed. 
Fig. 24. One of the ten coques of the same cut longi- 
tudinally, semicircular, tip ending in a bent-back point; 
umbilical cord very small ; seed kidneyshape, single. 
