i6o Hemsley . — New Plants from Eastern Asia . 
EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES IN 
PLATES VII AND VIII. 
Illustrating Mr. Hemsley’s paper on New Plants from Eastern Asia. 
PLATE VII. 
A. Flowering and fruiting branches of Ventilago elegans. Natural size. 
Fig. I. A leaf, slightly enlarged to show the transverse venation. 
Fig. 2. Vertical section of a flower. 
Fig. 3. A petal spread open and stamen. 
Fig. 4. The same in its natural position with the stamen drawn forward. 
Fig. 5. Front view of an anther. 
Fig. 6. Back view of an anther. 
Fig. 7. A fruit. 
Fig. 8. Vertical section of the same. 
Fig. 9. Embryo, showing the large, almost terete cotyledons. 
All the figures enlarged except A. 
B. Flowering and fruiting stem of Mcsona procumbens. Natural size. 
Fig. 10. A verticillaster, with bract; all the flowers except one removed. 
Fig. 11. A corolla laid open, showing the appendaged filaments. 
Fig. 12. Back view of an anther. 
Fig. 13. Pistil. 
Fig. 14. Calyx in the fruiting stage. 
Fig. 15. Fruit. 
All the figures enlarged, except B. 
PLATE VIII. 
C. Flowering branch of Helicia formosana. Natural size. ■ 
Fig. 16. An expanded flower. 
Fig. 17. Upper part of a segment of the perianth with stamen attached. 
Fig. 18. Back view of anther. 
Fig. 19. Pistil and disk; upper part of style removed. 
Fig. 20. Vertical section of ovary. 
Fig. 21. A fruit. 
Fig. 22. A seed from which the membranous outer testa has begun to disappear. 
Fig. 23. The same wholly removed, revealing the dimorphic inner testa, the 
upper half of which is rugose, the lower smooth. 
Fig. 24. One of the hemispherical cotyledons and minute radicle. 
Figures 16 to 20 enlarged ; 21 to 24 natural size. 
