DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
the others being removed. Fig. 4, a section of the same, showing the attachment of its 
ovule : all magnified. Fig. 5, an axillary female raceme bearing six drupes, the product 
of a single flower. Fig. 6, a drupe on the receptacle, from which the others have been 
removed : both nat. size. Fig. 7, a drupe, magnified. Fig. 8, its putamen. Fig. 9, a 
longitudinal section of the same, with the seed removed. Fig. 10, a transverse section of 
the same, showing the condyle. Fig. 11, the seed covered by its membranaceous integu- 
ment, which is expanded in the sinus, where it is insinuated between the plates of the 
condyle. Fig. 12, the exalbuminous embryo deprived of the integmnent. Fig. 13, the 
same, viewed on its edge, showing that the cotyledons are accumbent. Fg. 14, the same, 
the cotyledons being distinct, united to a small superior radicle : all magnified to the same 
scale. 
Plate 137. — Miceoclisia Alstealis. 
A portion of a branch of the male plant in flower. 
Fig. 1, a branchlet of the panicle. Fg. 2, a flower ; both nat. size. Fig. 3, the same, 
magnified. Fig. 4, the three outer sepals. Fig. 5, those of the second series. Fig. 6, 
those of the third series. Fig. 7, those of the fourth series. Fig. 8, those of the fifth or 
inner series, which are much larger, with a subvalvate lestivation. Fig. 9, the three 
stamens almost concealed within the six petals : all magnified to the same scale. Fg. 10, 
the three outer petals. Fig. 11, the three inner petals. Fig. 12, the three stamens 
enclosed within the six petals : all more magnified. Fig. 13, the three central stamens 
before dehiscence. Fig. 14, the same after dehiscence : both still more magnified. 
Plate 138. — Sciadotenia Cayenttensis. 
A portion of a branch of the male plant in fruit. 
Fig. 1, a single flower, with its persistent sepals on the summit of the long pedicel, and 
bearing seven carpophora, each supporting a drupe. Fig. 2, the sepals, and the gynaecium 
bearing eight (sometimes sixteen) ovaries, seven of which are sterile and only one fertile, 
which is carried up gradually upon its lengthened carpophorum ; both nat. size. Fg. 3, 
one of the sterile ovaries, magnified. Fig. 4, a drupe, nat. size. Fg. 5, a drupe, mag- 
nified. Fig. 6, its putamen. Fig. 7, a longitudinal section of the same along the line of 
suture, showing the cell of the seed and the ventral condyle. Fig. 8, a transverse section 
of the same, showing the fissure between the two plates of the condyle where the seed is 
attached. Fg. 9, the seed, covered by its membranaceous integument, expanded at its 
sinus, where it is insinuated between the plates of the condyle. Fig. 10, the exalbu- 
minous embryo deprived of its integument. Fig. 11, the same, seen edgeways. Fig. 12, 
the accumbent fleshy cotyledons separated, showing the small connecting radicle : aV. 
equally magnified. 
Plate 139. — Teiclisia patens. 
A portion of a branch of the male plant. 
Fig. 1, several fasciculated axillary panicles, out of the leafless node of an old branch. 
Fig. 2, a single male flower. Fig. 3, the same, expanded : all nat. size. Fig. 4, the same, 
magnified. Fig. 5, the three outer sepals. Fig. 6, those of the second series. Fig. 7, 
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