with Descriptions of two New Species. 
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EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES IN 
PLATE XXXVI. 
Illustrating Mr. Hemsley’s paper on the genus Cory nocarpus, Forst. 
C. laevigata, Forst . 
Fig. i. A flower and portion of a branch of an inflorescence. Enlarged. 
Fig. 2. A flower. Natural size. 
Fig. 3. Floral diagram, showing pentamery up to gynaeceum. The stamens are 
opposite the petals, and the glands or nectaries, and the petaloid staminodes are 
opposite the sepals. 
Fig. 4. A flower laid open, showing a portion of a sepal on the left, the petals, 
the staminodes, the stamens and the nectaries. Enlarged. 
Fig. 5. A petal and its superposed stamen. Enlarged. 
Fig. 6. A staminode and its superposed nectary. Enlarged. 
Fig. 7. A sepal and its superposed staminode, copied from a drawing in the 
Banksian Collection at the British Museum. Enlarged. 
Fig. 8. A stamen, front view. Enlarged. 
Fig. 9. A stamen, back view. Enlarged. 
Fig. 10. Pollen, magn. 400. 
Fig. 11. A gynaeceum. Enlarged. 
Fig. 12. A gynaeceum, showing indications of a second carpel or style. En- 
larged. 
Fig. 13. Longitudinal section of ovary, showing the solitary pendulous ovule. 
Enlarged. 
{Figs. 1-6 and 8-13 are from LyalVs specimens collected in Massacre Bay, 
Collingwood, South Island, New Zealand!) 
Fig. 14. Section of a flower, showing two nearly equal styles. Enlarged. 
After Engler. 
Fig. 15. A ripe fruit. Natural size. 
Fig. 16. A fruit from which the flesh has been removed, showing the fibrous 
endocarp. Natural size. 
(Figs. 15-16 are from fruits collected by G. Oliver .) 
Fig. 17. A seed from a smaller fruit with reticulated testa corresponding to the 
fibrous cords of the endocarp. Natural size. 
Fig. 18. Embryo from which the testa has been removed, showing the slightly 
unequal cotyledons with a cap-like growth on the radicular end, which is apparently 
a second undeveloped embryo. Natural size. 
Fig. 19. Another view of the same. 
Fig. 20. Rudimentary second embryo. Enlarged. 
Fig. 21. Cross section of rudimentary embryo, showing the vascular bundles 
which radiate from a single basal cord. Much enlarged. 
Fig. 22. Inner face of a cotyledon and minute plumule and radicle. Enlarged. 
(Figs. 17-22 are from specimens cultivated, at Tresco Abbey, Scilly Isles, in 1883.) 
Fig. 23. An immature fruit. Natural size. After Engler. 
Fig. 24. A longitudinal section showing remains of a second cell and aborted 
ovule. Natural size. After Engler. 
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