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FRUCTIFICATION. 
Tas. LV. 
The parts of the flower of SPrRANTHES sPECc10SA, illustrating 
the Tribe Neotrierx; from a sketch by Mr. Bauer in 
1794. 
1. A side view of the ovary, column, and lip, the other parts being re- 
moved; magnified 8 times. 
2. The same, with the lip and a part of the ovary cut away ; magnified — 
8 times. 
3. A back view of the column of a bud, shewing the anther and the 
back of the stigmatic gland; magnified 8 times. 
4, The stigmatic gland, seen from the front; magnified 16 times. 
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. The same, from the back, with two perforations, corresponding with 
the adhesion of the pollen-masses ; magnified 16 times. 
6. A back of the column of an expanded flower, with the anther 
attached ; magnified 8 times. 
7. The same, with the anther removed, shewing the pollen-masses and 
stigmatic gland in their places. 
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. The same, with the pollen-masses and the stigmatic gland removed. 
9. The two pairs of pollen-masses, attached to the back of the stigmatic 
gland; magnified 8 times. : 
10. The same seen in front. 
11. An anther, after the pollen-masses have fallen out, seen in front; 
magnified 8 times. 3 
12. A transverse section of the same. 
13. Four of the pollen grains ; magnified 400 times. 
14. A mass of the pollen adhering to the mucilaginous tissue ; magnified 
100 times. 
