DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
monadelphous stamens. Figs. 4 & 5, the stamens. Fig. 6, the ovary in the floriferous 
stage. Fig. 7, the same, grown into a spinigerous achenium : all magnified. 
C. A plant of Calyceka viridifloea, nat. size. 
D. A plant of Calyceka spinulosa, nat. size. 
Plate 51. — Acicarpa. 
A. Portion of a plant of Acicarpa crassifolia, nat. size. 
Fig. 1, a flower ; and Fig. 2, its palea ; both nat. size. Fig. 3, the ovary. Fig. 4, its 
palea. Fig. 5, the eoroUa : all magnified. 
B. A plant of Acicarpa runcinata, nat. size. 
C. A branch of Acicarpa procumbens, nat. size. 
Plate 52. — Acicarpa. 
A. A portion of a plant of Acicarpa teibuloides. 
Fig. 2, a capitulum fructified : both nat. size. Fig. 1, longitudinal section of a flower, 
magnified, 
B. Portion of a plant of Acicarpa pinnatifida, nat. size. 
Plate 53. 
A. Portion of a plant of Cochranea conferta. 
Fig. 1, a flower, nat. size. Fig. 2, part of a spike, magnified. Fig. 3, corolla, seen 
from above. Fig. 4, corolla, seen sideways. Fig. 5, the same, cut open, to show the 
position of the stamens : all magnified. Fig. 6 , stamens, more magnified. Fig. 7, disk, 
ovary, style, and stigma, magnified. Fig. 8, a fruit of two nucules. Fig. 9, one of the 
nucides. Fig. 10, a transverse section of the same. Fig. 11, a longitudinal section of the 
same. Fig. 12, a seed. Fig. 13, a longitudinal section of the same, showing the embryo 
enclosed in albumen. Fig. 14, the embryo separated : all magnified. 
B. Portion of a branch of Messerschmidtia jiejibranacea. 
Fig. 1, a flower in mstivation, magnified. Fig. 2, the calyx. Fig. 3, a flower expanded. 
Fig. 4, a corolla separated. Fig. 5, calyx and pistil ; all equally magnified. Fig. 6, co- 
rolla cut open, to show the manner of its aestivation and the position of its stamens. 
F'lg. 7, the stamens removed, showing how they are coherent at their summits : all mag- 
nified. Fig. 8, stamens, more magnified. Fig. 9, the disk, ovary, style, and stigma, mag- 
nified as in Fig. 6. Fig. 10, a fleshy berry, nat. size. Fig. 11, one of its nucules, magni- 
fied. Fig. 12, the same, with half of the pericarp removed, to show the seed. Fig. 13, 
the seed removed. Fig. 14, longitudinal section of the same, showing the embryo en- 
closed in albumen. Fig. 15, the embryo separated. Fig. 16, the same, with the coty- 
ledons displayed: all equally magnified. 
