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Macaranga triloba . 
combination of features found in it can only be explained as 
adaptive and it may therefore be regarded as fully entitled to enter 
the ranks of the myrmecophilous until it has been submitted to 
Schumann’s test and has failed to justify its position. 
LIST OF LITERATURE CITED. 
(1) Bower. Humboldtia laurifolia as a Myrmekopliilous plant. 
Proceedings of Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 1886-1887. 
Vol. XVIII. 
(2) Schiniper. Rot. Mittheilungen aus den Tropen, Heft I. 1886. 
Die Wechselbeziehungen zwisclien Pflanzen und Ameisen. 
(3) K. Schumann. Einige neue Ameisenpflanzen. Pringsheim’s 
Jalirbuch fiir wiss. Rotanik. Rand XIX. 1888. 
(4) F. Darwin. Glandular bodies in Acacia sphacrocephala and 
Cecropia pel fata. Limiean Society’s Journal. Botany. 
Vol. XV. 
(5) Beccari. Malesia II. Piante ospitatrici ossia piante della 
Malesia e della Papuasia. 
(6) DeBaiy. Comparative Anatomy of Phanerogams and Ferns. 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES ON PLATES V. and VI. 
ILLUSTRATING MISS WINIFRED SMITH’S PAPER ON 
MACARANGA TRILOBA. 
Pr.ATK V. 
Fig. 1.—Part of stem natural size, s, stipules; ap, aperture; gr, groove. 
Fig. 2.—Split stem to show hollow internodes. Natural size. 
Fig. 3.—Concave side of stipule, fb, food-bodies; c, cavity; a, place of 
attachment to stem. ( x 6). 
Fig. 4.—Vertical section through bladder gland and epidermis of inside 
of stipule, e, epidermis; pc, plate of cells , c, cuticle; bg, bladder 
glaud. (x 293). 
Fig. 5.—Vertical section through bladder gland and food-body on inside 
of stipule, fb, food-bodj'. (x 293). 
Fig. 6.—Bladder gland, surface view, (x 355). 
p'ig. 7.—Vertical section through nectary, (x 80). 
Fig. 8.—Food-body, surface view, cleared in absolute alcohol and clove 
oil. (x 134). 
Fig, 9.—Large food-body, crushed, exuding oil drops in glycerine, 
(x 60), 
Pr.ATK VI. 
Fig. 10.—Transverse section through part of hollow stem with partial 
perforation repaired by latex plug (l.p.) and cambium ; m, Pith ; 
x 2 secondary Xylem ; c, cork (Diagrammatic), (x 60). 
Fig. 11.—Transverse section through part of hollow stem to show com¬ 
plete perforation; lettering as in Fig. 10. (Diagrammatic.) 
(x 33)- 
Fig. 12.—Surface view of nectary showing its relation to vascular 
bundles of leaf. ( x 46), 
Fig. 13.—Under side of leaf showing system of veining and position of 
nectaries, n. Natural size. 
