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the Genus Sciaphila , Blume. 
Fig. 8. A young male flower forcibly opened. 
Fig. 9. A fully expanded male flower. 
Fig. 10. A male flower opened out to show the attachment of the staminodes and stamens. 
Fig. 1 1. A male flower with excrescences on the perianth-segments. 
Fig. 12. A female flower with a tetramerous perianth. 
Fig. 13. A nearly ripe fruit. 
Fig. 14. A carpel. 
Fig. 15. Section of the same showing the attachment of the young seed. 
All the Figures except 1 and 3 much enlarged and some of them are more or less diagrammatic. 
PLATE X. 
Fig. 1. A plant of Sciaphila aneilensis shown in two sections. Natural size. 
Fig. 2. A flower-bud. 
Fig. 3. A male flower. 
Fig. 4. A stamen. 
Fig. 5. A young fruit showing the persistent perianth. 
Fig. 6. The same seen from the side. 
Fig. 7. A perianth-segment. 
Fig. 8. Stigma. 
Fig. 9. A carpel. 
Fig. 10. A young seed. 
Fig. 11. Plants of Sciaphila tenella. Natural size. 
Fig. 12. An old male flower. 
Fig. 13. Androecium and pistillodes. 
Fig. 14. An old stamen. 
Fig. 15. A female flower. 
Fig. 16. A young fruit. 
Fig. 17. A carpel. 
All the Figures except 1 and 1 1 much enlarged and some of them are more or less diagrammatic. 
