438 Solms-L cutback. — On the Fructificatio?i 
the only one that remains, and this now enters into direct 
connection with the tissue which occupies the middle of the 
‘ cushion ’ and becomes continuous with it. This continuity 
is particularly well seen in suitable longitudinal sections, 
especially in the median longitudinal section 1 or in one that 
is slightly inclined obliquely to the median 2 . Here I am 
obliged to give new drawings of the basal portions of both 
preparations, because the published figures give too little 
detail. My figures are perfectly accurate, and were drawn in 
my presence in the British Museum by Mr. Charles Berjeau. 
We see in the median section (Plate XXV, Fig. 10 ) how the 
homogeneous external layer takes its rise, far down in the 
periphery of the entire cluster of organs, directly from the 
axis of the spadix at the margin of the ‘ cushion ’ ; how it 
appears notched by penetrating fissures ; and lastly, how it 
extends round the entire spadix, becoming broader indeed, 
but less distinct, above. The other section (Plate XXV, 
Fig. 8) shows exactly the same thing ; but in consequence 
of its oblique direction it has touched only the upper part of 
the basal cushion on the lateral margin, so that its connection 
with the shoot which bears it is not seen. Below it, the 
section passes necessarily through the outermost marginal 
attachment of the homogeneous outer layer of the spadix in a 
partly oblique tangential direction ; hence the layer seems in 
this case also to be closed below. But the incisions are 
particularly distinct just at this part, and they unite here and 
there to form polygonal compartments or areolae (see Plate 
XXV, Fig. 8, a). 
But if the transverse sections are made through the upper 
portion of the spadix the picture is quite changed, for new 
constituents are introduced into it in the shape of the ripe 
seeds. These lie in a simple peripheral layer, surrounded by 
the closed tissue of the external layer, which is here rather 
strongly developed, and are everywhere nearly equidistant 
from its surface. They are generally cut through in an 
1 Carruthers, loc. cit., pi. 59, f. 3. 
y Ibid. pi. 59, f. 1. 
