DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
condyle. Fig. 14, a longitudinal section of the same, indicating the sulcated line of con- 
dyle on the inside of the ventral face, corresponding with the raphe of the seminal inte- 
gument. Fig. 15, a transverse section of the same. Fig. 16, the seed with its integument, 
shown on the dorsal face. Fig. 17, the same, seen on the ventral face, shovring the hne 
of raphe insinuated into the groove of the condyle. Fig. 18, a lateral view of the same. 
Fig. 19, a transverse section of the same. Fig. 20, the same, with the thin stratum of 
simple albumen removed from the dorsal face, showing the size and shape of the imbedded 
embryo, with its divaricated cotyledons as they appeared in the incomplete seed : aU nat. 
size. 
Plate 95. — Burasaia congesta. 
A portion of a male flowering branch, and another of a female plant of Burasaia 
Madagascariensis in fruit. 
Fig. 1, a male flower on its pedicel, before expansion, nat. size. Fig. 2, the two 
external sepals. Fig. 3, the three intermediate sepals. Fig. 4, the three internal sepals. 
Fig. 5, the three external petals. Fig. 6, the three internal petals. Fig. 7, the six 
stamens: all magnified to the same scale. Fig. 8, three of the stamens, in different 
positions, before and after dehiscence, more magnified. Fig. 9, two of the three drupes, 
shown upon their common pedicel, each on its stipitate support. Fig. 10, the other drupe 
separated. Fig. 11, a putamen, deprived of its pericarp, seen on the ventral face, with 
the aperture leading into the hoUow condyle. Fig. 12, a lateral view of the same. Fig. 
13, the same, on its dorsal face, and covered aU over with a papillose thick tomentum. 
Fig. 14, a longitudinal section of the same, showing the hoUow intruding condyle. Fig. 
15, the seed, viewed laterally. Fig. 16, the same, covered with its thin integument, seen 
on its ventral face, with the hollow space which embraces the condyle, showing the lon- 
gitudinal raphe and the transverse Assures of the ruminated albumen, into which the folds 
of the integument enter, as in Tinospora. Fig. 17, a longitudinal section of the 
same : all nat. size. Fig. 18, the same as fig. 16, magnified. Fig. 19, a longitudinal 
section of the same, showing the ruminated albumen and the position of the embryo. 
Fig. 20, the same, upon the dorsal face, with the thin plate of simple albumen removed, 
showing the relative position, size, and shape of the embryo. Fig. 21, the embryo with 
its divaricated cotyledons : all equally magnified. 
Plate 96. — Disciphania lobata. 
A portion of a male flowering branch, with analytical details, all copied from Dr. Eichler’s 
drawing in Martins’s ‘ Plora Brasihensis.’ 
Fig. 1, a flower expanded, nat. size. Fig. 2, a flower before expansion, showing its 
manner of aestivation, magnified. Fig. 3, the same expanded, seen from beneath. Fig. 
4, the same, viewed from above. Fig. 5, the three outer sepals. Fig. 6, the three inner 
sepals : all magnified to the same scale. Fig. 7, the petals and stamens, seen from above, 
mere magnified. Fig. 8, a transverse section of the same, to show the relative thickness 
of the petals. Fig. 9, the three outer petals. Fig. 10, the three inner petals. Fig. 11, 
the three free stamens, all seen in different positions, and all magnified on the same 
scale. 
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