1 66 Sprague. — Heteranthus Section of Cuphea. 
EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES IN 
PLATE XI. 
„ Illustrating Mr. Sprague’s paper on Cuphea. 
Fig. i. C. epilobiifolia , var. Caquetae. Part of plant, mag. nat. 
Fig. 2. „ Flower from side, x 3-5. 
Fig. 3. „ Flower opened at back, x 4-5. 
Figs. 4 and 5. „ Ovary and disc from side and back, x 6. 
Fig. 6. ,, Ovary opened, showing placenta and ovules, x 6. 
Fig. 7. C. tetrapetala , var. Cosangae. Flower from side, x 3*75. 
Fig. 8. „ Flower opened at back (ovary removed), x 4-5. 
Figs. 9 and 10. ,, Ovary and disc from side and back, x 5*25. 
Fig. 11. „ Ovary opened, showing placenta and ovules, x 5*25. 
Fig. 12. C. tarapotensis . Flower from side, x 5. 
Flower opened at back, x 6*25. 
Ovary and disc from side and back, x 6*5. 
Ovary opened, showing placenta and ovules, x 6.5. 
Flower from side, x 5. 
Flower opened at back (ovary removed), x 6*25. 
Ovary and disc from side and back, x 6*5. 
Ovary opened, showing placenta and ovules, x 6*5. 
Fig. 13. 
Figs. 14 and 15. „ 
Fig. 16. „ 
Fig. 17. C. Bombonasae. 
Fig. 18. 
Figs. 19 and 20. „ 
Fig. 21. „ 
Note. — The artist has represented the flowers in Fig. 1 as they were in the 
dried specimen ; in the living plant the spurs are of course uppermost (posterior) 
— -T. A. S. 
