DESCKIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
the five petals. Fig. 6, the seven stamens, showing the constantly unsymmetrical number 
of the floral parts : all slightly magnified, on the same scale. Fig. 7, the inner sepals, shown 
in three diflerent positions. Fig. 8, the petals embracing the stamens : both more 
magnified. Fig. 9, the introrse stamens, shown in three different positions, more 
highly magnified. Fig. 10, a drupe on its pedicel, seen sideways. Fig. 11, the same, on 
its ventral face. Fig. 12, the putamen deprived of its pericarp ; all nat. size. Fig. 13, 
the same, showing the small aperture into one of the chambers of the condyle, magnified. 
Fig. 14, the same, shown on its dorsal face. Fig. 15, a longitudinal section of the same 
through the sutural line, showing the form of the condyle upon the line of the suture, 
with the internal aperture leading into the external chamber. Fig. 16, a transverse 
section of the same, showing the shape and size of the hippocrepiform cell and of the 
two hoUow chambers of the condyle, with the respective openings into them. Fig. 17, the 
seed extracted, covered by its thin integument, a side view. Fig. 18, an end view of the 
same, showing a portion of the internal raphe. Fig. 19, a longitudinal section of the 
same, showing the position of the embryo in the middle of the simple albumen. Fig. 20, 
a transverse section of the same, showing the internal line of raphe parallel to the course 
of the embryo. Fig. 21, the terete embryo extracted. Fig. 22, the same, with the 
cotyledons separated, showing them to be accumbent upon the radicle : all equally 
magnified. 
Plate 109. — Limacia distixcta. 
A portion o# a branch of the male plant in flower, and another of the female plant 
in fruit. 
Fig. 1, a male flower on its pedicel, before expansion, nat. size. Fig. 2, the same, 
magnified. Fig. 3, the same expanded, seen from below, showing the alternate position 
of the three series of sepals and the constantly symmetrical number of the floral parts, as 
opposed to Uypserpa, where these are always unsymmetrical. Fig. 4, the three inner 
sepals, with valvate aestivation. Fig. 5, the six petals, with inflected margins, shown in 
different positions. Fig. 6, the six stamens : all magnified to the same scale. Fig. 7, 
a female flower, seen from below, magnified. Fig. 8, the three outer sepals. Fig. 9, the 
three intermediate sepals. Fig. 10, the three inner sepals, with valvate aestivation. 
Fig. 11, the six petals. Fig. 12, the six sterile stamens. Fig. 13, the three ovaries. 
Fig. 14, the same, seen in different positions, to show the form of the stigma : all magnified 
to the same scale. Fig. 15, one of the stipitated drupes oh the receptacle, from which the 
other two have fallen, seen sideways. Fig. 16, the same, seen endways. Fig. 17, the 
putamen deprived of its pericarp : all nat. size. Fig. 18, the same, magnified, showing 
the prominent peripherical zone, and the central aperture into one of the large hoUow 
chambers of the condyle. Fig. 19, the same, divided along the sutural line, showing the 
inside of the cell, the prominent half of the condyle, and the inner aperture into it. 
Fig. 20, a transverse section of the putamen, showing the two large hollow chambers of 
the condyle and the seed in its cell, enclosing the embryo in the centre of the albumen. 
Fig. 21, the seed extracted, seen endways, covered by its thin integument, and showing 
the internal line of raphe. Fig. 22, a section of the same, to show the position of the 
embryo in the simple albumen. Fig. 23, a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 24, 
the embryo extracted, thinner when thus seen laterally. Fig. 25, the same, showing 
it to be much broader when viewed endways. Fig. 26, a lateral view of the same, 
with the cotyledons separated to show their accumbent position in regard to the shorter 
radicle : all magnified to the same scale. 
