GENERA. 
LAn. XL 
The parts of the fruit of VanILLA PLANIFOLIA ; froma sketch 
by Mr. Bauer in 1807. 
A ripe seed-pod of Vanilla planifolia; natural size. 
2. Transverse section of the same pod; magnified 6 diameters. 
3. Longitudinal section of a portion of the same; magnified 6 diameters. 
4. Longitudinal section of one lobe of the placenta; magnified 25 dia- 
meters. 
. Several seeds: at aaa perfect ripe seeds; at 6 an unripe seed; at ¢ 
an abortive seed; and at d the outer shell is bruised, to bring the 
nucleus in sight, the seed being too small for dissection ; magnified 
200 diameters. 
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