EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
PLATE I. 
Fig. 1. Alstrcemeria Hookeriana, germen with sepaline rib taken 
off. 2. Do. with petaline rib taken off. 3. Alstr. aurea, valve of 
capsule. 4. Alst. Hookeriana summit of germen, after the fall of 
the perianth, magnified. 5. Do. germen side view. 6. Alst. aurea, 
germen. 7. Do. magnified ; a sepaline scars, b petaline. 8. Alst. 
aurea, seed magnified. 9. natural size. 10. capsule. 11. pedun- 
cle and ribs adhering. 12. valve and ripe seeds. 13. portion of 
the axis on which the seeds were borne. 14. same with the seeds. 
15. Alstr. Simsiana, seeds. 16. Do. capsule. 17. petaline filament 
of Als. Hookeriana. 18. Bomarea hirtella, ripe capsule. 19. Do. 
more open. 20. Bomarea acutifolia, germen, and tripartible style 
separated. 21. 22. Bom. hirtella, germen with sepaline rib taken 
off. 23. dry seeds of Bom. hirtella with the pulpy coat taken off. 
24. blunt end magnified. 25. two fresh seeds with pulpy coat on„ 
26. one of the same seeds, the umbilical chord being pulled from 
the raphe to shew its real or ultimate attachment. 27. same seed 
with the pulpy coat taken off. 28. The end of do. opposite the 
point of attachment, being the internal chalaza. 29. Barbacenia 
purpurea, seeds magnified. 30. Curculigo orchioides, seeds, one of 
them showing the attachment. 31. same magnified: 32. stamen 
of Hypoxis sobolifera. 33. Do. germen, shewing one cell. 34. Do. 
style and opercle. 35. Do. germen magnified, a valve and dissepi- 
ment being removed, the stigma tripartible. 36. another species, 
germen and style. 37. H. sobolifera, germen and tripartible style. 
38. transverse section. 39. other species, germen and style magni- 
fied, valve and dissepiment removed. 40. style and opercle. 41. 
The two species, ripe capsules. 42. Five seeds of H. sobolifera, 
nat. size and magnified. 43. Tamus, one of the internal valves of 
the capsule. 44. seeds. 45. Conostylis aculeata, capsule magnified 
from Bot. Mag. vol. 57. 2989. 46. Do. Germen and style magni- 
fied. 47. Alstrcemeria tenuifolia. Herb. Hooker. Gouan. colour 
very dark, apparently deep coppery red with pale edges. 48. Alstr. 
Preslana. Albiflora Prezl. from Prezl. 49. Alstr. spathulata from 
Prezl. Reliq. Hank. t. 122. 50. Leaf of Alstr. spathulata var. 
Herb. Hooker, los ojos de agua. Bridges. 51. Alstr. spathulata 
Herb. Hooker. Curbran. 52. Vallota purpurea, seed. 
PLATE II. 
1. Alstroemeria inodora. 2. upper sepal. 3. lateral sepal. 4. 
lower petal. 5. lateral petal. 6. Alstroemeria caryophyllsea var. 
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