GENERA. 
Tab. XII. Hi 
Parts of the unexpanded flower of Bon ate a steciosa ; 
from a sketch by Mr. Bauer in 1824. 
1. A bud of Bonatea speciosa, about one month before the expansion of 
the flower; natural size. 
2. A front view of the parts of fructification ; magnified 4 diameters. 
3. Side view of the same; magnified 4 diameters. 
4. A longitudinal section of the same; magnified 4 diameters. 
5. The labellum forcibly expanded, to shew that the four additional 
lobes are connected with the base of the labellum; magnified 
4 diameters. 
6. A transverse section of the anther; magnified 8 diameters. 
7- Some pollen grains; magnified 200 diameters. 
8. A front and a side view of the stigmatic glands, in their virgin state ; 
magnified 8 diameters. 
9. Some gelatinous irregularly formed corpuscles found in the fluid of 
the stigmatic glands; magnified 200 diameters. 
10. A longitudinal section of one of the protruding lobes of the stigma; 
magnified 8 diameters. 
11. Some of the utricular tubes or vessels, the lining of the same lobe, 
in the virgin state; magnified 200 diameters. 
12. A bud of the same plant, about two weeks before expansion, when 
the act of fecundation is going on ; natural size. 
13. A side view of that bud; the left sepal, and hall ol the helmet 
removed to show the natural position of every internal part of the 
flower; magnified 4 diameters. 
14. The same figure, but both sepals, the helmet and both petals 
removed, and one of the additional lobes, and one lobe of the 
labellum cut away, to expose the parts ol fructification, and to 
show the stigmatic glands immersed in the spoon-like terminations 
of the stigmatic lobes ; magnified 4 diameters. 
