ILLUSTRATIONS 
[The drawings of the fruit and seeds are from a nearly dry fruit preserved for some months 
in a refrigerator. Drawings by J. K. Santos.] 
Plate V. Merrillia caloxylon (Ridley) Swingle. 
A flowering branch from specimens taken from a tree growing 
in the Singapore Botanic Gardens,, showing young and 
mature leaves and mature buds, one opening. Natural size. 
VI. Merrillia caloxylon (Ridley) Swingle. 
a, a mature bud, natural size, drawn from the large bud shown 
in Plate V soaked in water and partly opened. 
b, pistil, X 2. 
c, cross section of the ovary, x 20. 
d, a seed, natural size. 
e, a seed deprived of its paleae, showing the ariloid ridge at 
the hilum. 
f, cross section of a seed, X 2. 
g, longitudinal section of a seed, X 2. 
h, paleae from the seed, X 4. 
i, cross section of a partly dry ripe fruit, natural size. 
j, tangential section of a part of the pericarp, x 5, showing 
the lacunae. 
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