DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
Fitj. 10, a Stamen, shown in three different positions, before dehiscence. Fig. 11, the 
same after dehiscence : both more magnified. Fig. 12, a diagram to show the triserial 
arrangement of the floral parts. Fig. 13, six fasciculated pedicels, each terminated by 
!i receptacle from which the drupes have fallen. Fig. 14, one of three drupes seated 
on the receptacle : aU imt. size. Fig. 15, a drupe, magnified. Fig. 16, its putamen. 
Fig. 17, a longitudinal section of the same, showing the condyle. Fig. 18, a transverse 
section of the same. Fig. 19, the exalbuminous embryo deprived of its integument. Fig. 
20, the same, seen on its edge, showing its large accumbent cotyledons and minute superior 
radicle. Fig, 21, the same, with the cotyledons displayed : aU equally magnified. 
Plate 142. — Antitaxis pasciculata. 
A branch of the male plant in flower, and another of Antitaxis lucida in fruit. 
Fig. 1, one of the fasciculated flowers on its pedicel, nat. size. Fig. 2, the two outer 
opposite sepals. Fig. 3, the two decussately opposite sepals of the second series. Fig. 4, 
the two sepals of the third series. Fig. 5, those of the fourth series, all in decussating 
opposite pairs. Fig. 6, the two opposite petals. Fig. 7, the four stamens in decussating 
pairs : all magnified to the same scale. Fig. 8, the stamens before and after dehiscence, 
more magnified. Fig. 9, a diagram showing the decussating arrangement, in opposite pairs, 
of all the floral parts. Fig. 10, a drupe on the receptacle, from which the others have 
fallen ; nat. size. Fig. 11, a drupe, magnified. Fig. 12, its putamen. Fig. 13, a longi- 
tudinal section of the same, with the ventral condyle, the seed being removed. Fig. 14, 
a transverse section of the same. Fig. 15, the seed extracted, with its membranaceous 
integument expanded in its sinus, where it is insinuated between the plates of the condyle. 
Fig. 16, the exalbuminous embryo deprived of its integument. Fig. 17, the same, seen 
edgeways, to show that the cotyledons are accximbent. Fig. 18, the same, with the fleshy 
cotyledons displayed, united by the small radicle : all magnified to the same scale. 
Plate 143. — Spirospeemum PENDirLiFLOHUM. 
A portion of a branch of the male plant in flower. 
Fig. 1, a pedicellated male flower, nat. size. Fig. 2, the three outer sepals. Fig. 3, 
the three inner sepals. Fig. 4, the six petals. Fig. 5, the three free and three monadel- 
phous stamens. Fig. 6, the same, separated : all equally magnified. Fig. 7, a petal, with 
inflected margin. Fig. 8, the three free stamens. Fig. 9, the three monadelphous sta- 
mens : all more magnified. 
Plate 144. — SpiRospEEsnm PENDtrLiFLOEUM. 
A portion of a branch of the female plant in fruit. 
Fig. 1, a single female flower on a pedicel, bearing on its receptacle nine stipitated 
drupes. Fig. 2, a drupe, seen on its face. Fig. 3, the same, edgeways. Fig. fi, a trans- 
verse section of the same, showing the cavities formed by the spiral coils of the cell. 
Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of the same, showing the hoUow spiral cell consisting of three 
coils. Fig. 6, the seed found in a fruit not quite mature. Fig. 7, the same, terete embryo 
