DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
Fig. 15, one of the ovaries, shown on the raised gynsecium : all magnified to the same scale. 
Fig. 16, a drupe. Fig. 17, its putamen : both nat. size. Fig. 18, the putamen tuberculated 
on each face, and crenated around the excentric hoUow condyle, into which a lunulate 
aperture opens. Fig. 19, the same, seen on its edge, showing the peripherical line of 
suture. Fig. 20, a cross section of the same, showing the seed in its cell and the two 
chambers of the condyle, with the apertures leading into them. Fig. 21, an inside view 
of half the putamen, divided along the line of suture, showing the hippocrepiform cell of 
the seed, the central condyle, with the groove leading from the hilar base. Fig. 22, the 
hippocrepiform seed covered by its membranaceous integument, which is expanded in the 
sinus, where it is insinuated between the two halves of the condyle. Fig. 23, a longitu- 
dinal section of the same, with the embryo imbedded in simple albumen. Fig. 24, the 
embryo, seen on its edge. Fig. 25, the same, on its inner face, to show the much greater 
breadth of its incumbent cotyledons : all magnified to the same scale. 
Plate 126. — Holopeira. villosa. 
A portion of a branch of the male plant in flower, and another of the female plant in 
flower, with an analysis of its fniit. 
Fig. 1, an external bract, magnified. Fig. 2, the three outer sepals, villous outside. 
Fig. 3, the three inner sepals, also villous outside. Fig. 4, the six petals, with two 
rounded erect lobes in the summit, and two inflected lobes in the middle of the sides, 
pilose outside at the base ; one of the six stamens is shown inserted on the claw of a 
petal ; all magnified to the same scale. Fig. 5, four of the six stamens, before and after 
dehiscence, a little more magnified. Fig. 6, a female flower on its pedicel. Fig. 7, the 
same, expanded : both nat. size. Fig. 8, the three outer sepals. Fig. 9, the three inner 
sepals. Fig. 10, the six petals, showing the insertion of the sterile stamens. Fig. 11, the 
six sterile stamens. Fig. 12, the three ovaries. Fig. 13, one of the ovaries (two being 
removed) seated on the raised gynsecium : all magnified to the same scale. Fig. 14, the 
stigma, more magnified. Fig. 15, a drupe. Fig. 16, its putamen : both nat. size. Fig. 17, 
the putamen, marked by numerous, flne, radiating raised ridges, and an inner crenated 
rim surrounding a sunken flat condyle, perforated through the middle of each face, and 
through the centre, by three parallel apertures. Fig. 18, the same, seen on its edge, 
showing its peculiar form and the peripherical line of suture. Fig. 19, an inside view of 
half the putamen, divided by the line of suture, shouung the ceU of the seed around the 
perforated condyle. Fig. 20, a cross section of the putamen, showing the seed in its cell, 
the two hollow chambers of the condyle, and the three parallel apertures right through 
the centre of the putamen. Fig. 21, the hippocrepiform seed covered by its membranaceous 
integument, which is expanded in the sinus, where it is insinuated between the two halves 
of the condyle. Fig. 22, the embryo extracted from its sparse simple albumen. Fig. 23, 
the same, viewed on one side, showing its much broader incumbent cotyledons : all mag- 
nified to the same scale. 
Plate 127. — Diploclisia ixcltta. 
Portions of two branches of the male plant in flower, others of the female plant in flower 
and in fruit, together with an analysis of the fruit of Diploclisia jiaceocaepa. 
Fig. 1, a pediceUated male flower, nat. size : this is the largest I have ever met with ; 
in most of the specimens the flower-buds are smaller. Fig. 2, the three outer sepals. 
